Etymology

monodrama

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Today it means: A play in the form of a monologue Full definition →

English drama ← Late Latin drāma ← Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  7. Ancient Greekδρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
  8. Late Latindrāma
  9. Englishdrama
  10. English todaymonodrama

From mono- + drama.

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