myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of comoedia

Etymology of the Latin word comoedia

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

French comedie, French comédie, Italian commedia, Portuguese comédia

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