English
odeion
Odeion comes from Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον ‘odeon’, from ᾠδή ‘song’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *awéidō ‘to sing’.
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*awéidō1‘to sing’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓είδω2‘to sing’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾠδή3‘song’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾠδεῖον4ōideîon‘odeon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987odeion4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀείδω
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ᾠδή
- 3 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον
- 4 Wiktionary, English odeion
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1987, Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson: “Though poverty lurked in tenements and alleys, joviality flourished…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*awéidōWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἀείδω‘to sing’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓είδωWiktionary, Ancient Greek ᾠδή‘to sing’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾠδήWiktionary, Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον‘song’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾠδεῖονWiktionary, English odeionōideîon‘odeon’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987odeionWiktionary, English odeion. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1987, Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson: “Though poverty lurked in tenements and alleys, joviality flourished…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek ᾰ̓είδω ‘to sing’
through Ancient Greek ᾠδή ‘song’
through Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον ‘odeon’
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “odeion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek ἀείδω, Ancient Greek ᾠδή, Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *awéidō / odeion