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From Ancient Greekἀντίφωνᾰ(antíphōna, “responses, musical accords”), neuter plural substantive of ἀντίφωνος(antíphōnos, “concordant”) from ἀντί(antí, “in return”) + φωνή(phōnḗ, “sound”).
antiphona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
antiphona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.