phrase

Phrase comes from Late Latin phrasis, meaning "diction," which was borrowed from Ancient Greek phrásis, "manner of expression." That Greek noun traces back to the verb phrázō, "to tell, express."

The word entered Latin as a term for style or manner of speech, and carried that sense of expression into English.

It shares its root with the Greek verb phrázō, "to tell, express," though no other English cognate is recorded here.