Melodic
/məˈlɒd.ɪk/noun
Relating to melody or having a tuneful quality.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Greek melōidía, built from mélos (“song,” originally also “limb” in some early senses) + ōidḗ (“ode, song”), so its ancestry is tied to the same root family as words about singing and poetry.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂weyd-
“to sing, to speak in song”
Ancient Greek
Greek
mélos
“song, lyric song; in some older uses, a limb or member”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ōidḗ
“song, ode”
Late Latin
Latin
melodia
“melody, tune”
Middle French
Old French
melodique
“melodic, pertaining to melody”
Late 16th Century
English
melodic
“having the nature of melody; tuneful”