Where does “sitcomedian” come from?
sitcomedian (English) comes from English comedian, from French comédien, from French comédie, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία, from Ancient Greek κῶμος, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómso- — to cover, conceal; hornless.
sitcomedian (English): An actor who appears on a sitcom
Definitions
- An actor who appears on a sitcom
Ancestry of “sitcomedian”, step by step
sitcomedian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English comedian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comedian | An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner,... |
| 2 | French | comédien | actor |
| 3 | French | comédie | comedy; acting, playacting |
| 4 | Old French | comedie | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōmoedia | a comedy (play) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κωμῳδία | comedy; play |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κῶμος | festival, procession, revel, carousal; The band... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómso- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via English sitcom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sitcom | clipping of situation comedy; Acronym of single... |
| 2 | English | situation | The combination of circumstances at a given... |
| 3 | Middle English | situacioun | Repositioning a broken bone |
| 4 | Middle French | situation | — |
| 5 | Latin | situatio | — |
| 6 | Latin | situō | to place, situate, locate |
| 7 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |