Distich
/ˈdɪs.tɪk/noun
A pair of verse lines, especially a couplet.
Did you know?The word comes from Greek poetry, where a distich was a matched pair of lines, built from roots that also gave English words tied to walls, order, and arrangement.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
δίστιχον (dístichon)
“a pair of verse lines; a couplet”
Late Greek
Greek
δίστιχος (dístichos)
“having two rows or two lines”
Latin
Latin
distichon
“a couplet or pair of verse lines”
14th–15th Century
Middle English
distich
“a pair of lines of verse”
Modern English
English
distich
“a pair of verse lines, especially a couplet”