Etymology

subdrama

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Today it means: A drama that makes up part of a larger drama. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  7. Ancient Greekδρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
  8. Late Latindrāma
  9. Englishdrama
  10. English todaysubdrama

From sub- + drama.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.