Etymology

teledrama

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Today it means: A drama made for television. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Ancient Greekδράω (dráō)
  5. Ancient Greekδρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)
  6. Late Latindrāma
  7. Englishdrama
  8. English todayteledrama

From tele- + drama.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.