Where does “παιωνισμός” come from?

παιωνισμός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek παιών, from Ancient Greek παιάν, from Ancient Greek Παιάν, from Ancient Greek παίω, from Proto-Indo-European *p(y)eh₂w-.

παιωνισμός (Ancient Greek): chanting of the paean (Attic form of παιανισμός)

Definitions

  1. chanting of the paean (Attic form of παιανισμός)

Ancestry of “παιωνισμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαιώνa physician
2Ancient Greekπαιάνhymn to Apollo
3Ancient GreekΠαιάνPaean; in Greek mythology the physician of the gods
4Ancient GreekπαίωI strike, hit; I strike against or upon; I devour
5Proto-Indo-European*p(y)eh₂w-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *p(y)eh₂w-Every word from Ancient Greek παίωEvery word from Ancient Greek Παιάν