litany English · revision 1471

− It is [[inh|enm|letanie]], later reshaped after the Latin,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Hoad 1986)^(Skeat 1911) [[bor|fro|letanie]], [[la-med|letania]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from [[la-lat|litanīa]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from [[grc|λιτανεία|tr=litaneía|t=prayer, entreaty]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) from [[m|grc|λιτανεύειν|tr=litaneúein|t=to pray, entreat]], from [[m|grc|λιτανός|tr=litanós|t=suppliant]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Klein 1966) from [[m|grc|λιτή|tr=litḗ|t=prayer, supplication]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) a word of unknown origin.^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) Old English had [[ang|letanīa]] from Latin.^(RHWU)^(Weekley 1921)