myEtymology.com: French etymology of comédie

Etymology of the French word comédie

the French word comédie

derived from the Latin word comoedia (comedy)

derived from the Greek word komoidia

derived from the Greek word komoidos

derived from the Greek word komos, κῶμος (a carousal (as if letting loose))

derived from the Greek word aoidos, ἀοιδός

derived from the Greek word aeidein, ἀείδω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed-

derived from the Greek word komodia, κωμῳδία

derived from the Medieval Latin word comedia

The earliest known usage of comédie in French dates from the 14th century.

English comedy, Romanian comedie

Dutch komedie, English comedy, German Komödie, Italian commedia, Latin comoedia, Lithuanian komedija, Norwegian komedie, Polish komedia, Russian комeдия, Spanish comedia, Swedish komedi