myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of commedia

Etymology of the Italian word commedia

the Italian word commedia

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

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