myEtymology.com: French etymology of comedie

Etymology of the French word comedie

the Old French word comedie

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

English comedy

Word found in Old French