Word origin
[1580–90; ‹ Gk
epánodos recapitulation, rising, return, equiv. to
ep- ep- +
an(
a)
- ana- + (
h)
odós way, road, path
]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bomb, classical, critical, motor, piggyback