myEtymology.com: English etymology of antistrophe

Etymology of the English word antistrophe

the English word antistrophe

derived from the Late Latin word antistrophe (antistrophe, answers to the strophe in Greek, Roman tragedy; rhetorical figure when several parts of a period end with the same word)

derived from the Greek word antistrophe, ἀντιστροφή

derived from the Greek word antistrephein

using the Greek prefix anti-, ἀντι-

derived from the Greek word anti, ἀντί (against, before, opposite, instead or because of)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *anti-

derived from the Greek word strophe, στροφή, στροϕή

derived from the Greek word strephein, στρέφειν, στρέϕω, στρέφω

Date

The earliest known usage of antistrophe in English dates from the 17th century.

Usage

Word found in Modern English