Where does “sitcom” come from?
Sitcom comes from situation comedy, with situation deriving from Middle English situacioun, Middle French situation, Latin situatio, and Latin situare meaning to place or position.
sitcom (English): clipping of situation comedy; Acronym of single...
Definitions
- clipping of situation comedy; Acronym of single...
Ancestry of “sitcom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | situation | The combination of circumstances at a given... |
| 2 | Middle English | situacioun | Repositioning a broken bone |
| 3 | Middle French | situation | — |
| 4 | Latin | situatio | — |
| 5 | Latin | situō | to place, situate, locate |
| 6 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |