Etymology

dramaturgy

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Today it means: The art of dramatic composition for the stage. Full definition →

French dramaturgie ← Ancient Greek δραματουργός (dramatourgós) ← Proto-Hellenic *worgós
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  2. Ancient Greekδρᾶμα (drâma)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  5. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  6. Ancient Greekδραματουργός (dramatourgós)
  7. Frenchdramaturge
  8. Frenchdramaturgie
  9. English todaydramaturgy

Borrowed from French dramaturgie.

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