English
prosodion
Prosodion comes from Ancient Greek πρόσοδος ‘procession’, and goes back to ὁδός ‘road’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁδός‘road’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπρόσοδοςprósodos‘procession’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEπροσόδιοςprosódios
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπροσόδιονprosódionuse as noun of neuter of προσόδιος
- Englishearliest quotation 1911prosodion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὁδός‘road’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπρόσοδοςprósodos‘procession’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEπροσόδιοςprosódios
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπροσόδιονprosódionuse as noun of neuter of προσόδιος
- Englishearliest quotation 1911prosodion
Earliest quotation: 1911, Alcman: “Alcman composed various kinds of poems in various metres;…”
The story
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσόδιον (prosódion), use as noun of neuter of Koine Greek προσόδιος (prosódios) (though apparently first attested later), from Ancient Greek πρόσοδος (prósodos, “procession”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, chair, resident, session, settle, assess, nest, siege, niche, possess, saddle, reside, subsidy, sedan, residue, residual, nye, sediment, sedentary, beset, sedative, setter, dissident, insidious, obsess, prasad, soot, sedate, chaise, sate, sessile, seance, ersatz, salo, 92 more
through Ancient Greek ὁδός ‘road’
Today it means
noun A processional hymn.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὁδός / prosodion