English
melomaniac
Melomaniac comes from Ancient Greek μέλος ‘song’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέλοςmélos‘song’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850melomaniac
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμέλοςmélos‘song’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850melomaniac
Earliest quotation: 1850, Joseph Clay Neal, Music Mad; or, The Melomaniac: “He then amused himself with the fiddle—tried the French…”
Formed from -maniac
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mel- ‘limb’
multiple, mole, multitude, mucho, muy, multifarious, 27 more
through Ancient Greek μέλος ‘song’
Today it means
noun One with an abnormal fondness of music; a person who loves music.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μέλος / melomaniac