anthem
AN-thuhm · noun
Origin
From Middle English anteme, from Old English antefn and Old French antiene, both from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek antíphōna, itself from antí ("over against") plus phōnḗ ("voice, sound").
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Related words
It's a doublet of antiphon, meaning the two words descend from the same Latin and Greek source but arrived in English by different routes.
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From Ancient Greek
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