Where does “elegy” come from?

Elegy comes from Middle French elegie, from Latin elegia, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία ᾠδή, a type of mournful song or poem.

elegy (English): A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a...

Definitions

  1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a...

Ancestry of “elegy”, step by step

elegy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French elegie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchelegieelegy
2Latinelegīaelegy
3Ancient Greekἐλεγεία ᾠδήan elegiac song
4Ancient Greekἐλεγείαelegy
5Ancient Greekἐλεγεῖοςelegiac
6Ancient Greekἔλεγοςpoem or song of lament; mournful poem; song,...

via Hungarian elegyít

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianelegyítto mix

Words derived from “elegy

Every word from Ancient Greek ἔλεγος