Etymology

docucomedy

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Today it means: A comedy presented as though it were a documentary. Full definition →

English comedy ← Middle English comedie ← Middle French comedie
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  4. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  5. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  6. Latindoceō
  7. Latindocumentum
  8. Frenchdocument
  9. Frenchdocumentaire
  10. Englishdocumentary
  11. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  12. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  13. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  14. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  15. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  16. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  17. Ancient Greekἀείδω (aeídō)
  18. Ancient Greekἀοιδός (aoidós)
  19. Ancient Greekκωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)
  20. Latincōmoedia
  21. Middle Frenchcomedie
  22. Middle Englishcomedie
  23. Englishcomedy
  24. English todaydocucomedy

Blend of documentary + comedy.

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