Editing Neume (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''neume'' entered the English language in the [[Middle English]] forms {{lang|enm|newme}}, {{lang|enm|nevme}}, {{lang|enm|neme}} in the 15th century, from the [[Middle French]] {{lang|frm|neume}}, in turn from either medieval Latin {{lang|la-x-medieval|pneuma}} or {{lang|la|neuma}}, the former either from [[ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|πνεῦμα}} {{lang|grc-Latn|pneuma}} ('breath') or {{lang|grc|νεῦμα}} {{lang|grc-Latn|neuma}} ("sign"),<ref>{{cite OED|neume}}</ref><ref>{{LSJ|pneu{{=}}ma|πνεῦμα}}, {{LSJ|neu{{=}}ma|νεῦμα|ref}}.</ref> or else directly from Greek as a [[corruption (linguistics)|corruption]] or an adaptation of the former.<ref>{{cite OED2|neume}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}<!--OED does not support this alternative etymology, though it does discuss the similarity of forms.--><!--OED 2nd edition does (as an ad., i.e. adaptation); it is in fact the only etymology it provides: "neume, neum Mus. ... ad. Gr. πνεῦμα breath: see pneum, pneuma.]"-->