Etymology

anticomedy

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Today it means: A form of comedy that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of comedy. Full definition →

English comedy ← Middle English comedie ← Middle French comedie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  8. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  9. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  10. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  11. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  12. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  13. Ancient Greekἀείδω (aeídō)
  14. Ancient Greekἀοιδός (aoidós)
  15. Ancient Greekκωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)
  16. Latincōmoedia
  17. Middle Frenchcomedie
  18. Middle Englishcomedie
  19. Englishcomedy
  20. English todayanticomedy

From anti- + comedy.

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