'apodosis' originates from Greek, specifically the word 'ἀπόδοσις', where 'ἀπό' meant 'away/from' and 'δίδωμι' meant 'to give'.

'apodosis' changed from Late Latin/Medieval Latin 'apodosis' (borrowed from Greek) and eventually became the modern English word 'apodosis' (plural 'apodoses').

Initially, it meant 'a giving back or return', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'the clause expressing the result or conclusion in a conditional sentence'.