Etymology

docudrama

doc·u·dra·ma
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Today it means: A type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events. Full definition →

First used mid 20th c.English drama ← Late Latin drāma ← Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
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  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 Greekδράω (dráō)
  12. Ancient Greekδρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
  13. Late Latindrāma
  14. Englishdrama
  15. English todaydocudrama

Blend of documentary + drama.

First known use, by meaning

  • from mid 20th c. A type of drama (a film, play, television show, etc.) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.

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