'haggadah' originates from Hebrew, specifically the word 'הַגָּדָה' (haggādāh), where 'הַגָּדָה' meant 'telling' or 'narration'.

'הַגָּדָה' transformed into the Yiddish word 'haggode', and eventually became the modern English word 'haggadah'.

Initially, it meant 'telling' or 'narration', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a text recited at the Seder'.