"= palilogy", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Abraham Fraunce (?1559–?1593), poet and lawyer. From post-classical Latin palillogia repetition (3rd cent. as palinlogia) from ancient Greek παλιλλογία recapitulation from πάλιν again + -λογία.[palilogia etymology, palilogia origin, 英语词源]