Where does “monologue” come from?

Monologue comes from Middle French monologue, meaning a long speech by one person.

monologue (English): A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes...

Definitions

  1. A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes...

Ancestry of “monologue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmonologuesoliloquy; monologue
2Byzantine Greekμονόλογος—

Words derived from “monologue”

Every word from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος →Every word from Middle French monologue →