Etymology

noncomedy

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Today it means: That which is not comedy. Full definition →

English comedy ← Middle English comedie ← Middle French comedie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  15. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  16. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  17. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  18. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  19. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  20. Ancient Greekἀείδω (aeídō)
  21. Ancient Greekἀοιδός (aoidós)
  22. Ancient Greekκωμῳδῐ́ᾱ (kōmōidĭ́ā)
  23. Latincōmoedia
  24. Middle Frenchcomedie
  25. Middle Englishcomedie
  26. Englishcomedy
  27. English todaynoncomedy

From non- + comedy.

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