Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. · Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. · An enthusiastic expression of praise.
To sing a paean; to praise.
From Latin paeān (“a hymn, especially a victory hymn, to Apollo or another god”), from Ancient Greek παιᾱ́ν (paiā́n, “a chant or song, especially a thanksgiving or victory hymn, to Apollo under the name Παιᾱ́ν (Paiā́n)”), from the phrase Ἰὼ Παιᾱ́ν (Iṑ Paiā́n, “O Paean!, Thanks to Paean!”). According to Homer, Paián or Paean was the name of the physician of the gods; its further etymology is unclear. It has been suggested that Παιᾱ́ν is derived from *παιάϝων (*paiáwōn, “one who heals illnesses through magic”), from *παῖϝα (*paîwa), *παϝία (*pawía, “to blow”), related to παίω (paíō, “to hit, strike”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pēu-, *pyu-, *pū- (“to hit; to cut”)), or from παύω (paúō, “to bring to an end; to abate, to stop”) (from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little; smallness”)), or that it may be a Pre-Greek word. Compare Middle French and French pæan (also French péan), Italian peana, Portuguese peã, péan.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Derivation mentionpaeānla · a hymn, especially a victory hymn, to Apollo or another god
- Derivation mentionπαιᾱ́νgrc · a chant or song, especially a thanksgiving or victory hymn, to Apollo under the name <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">Παιᾱ́ν</i> (Paiā́n)
- Derivation mention*pēu-ine-pro
- Cognate mention*peh₂w-ine-pro · few, little; smallness
- Cognate mentionpæanfr
- Cognate mentionpéanfr
- Cognate mentionpeanait
- Cognate mentionpeãpt
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