Etymology

-rama

Today it means: Alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an r or vowel sound. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὅρᾱμᾰ“sight, spectacle”
  2. English today-rama

A libfix, a modification of -orama, influenced by diorama and panorama, and thus indirectly derived from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “sight, spectacle”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὅρᾱμᾰ all →

panorama-orama

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