Where does “scène” come from?

scène (French) comes from Middle French scene, from Latin scaena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

scène (French): scene, stage

Definitions

  1. scene, stage

Ancestry of “scène”, step by step

scène traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French scene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchscenestage
2Latinscaenastage; scene; theatre
3Ancient Greekσκηνήtent; stage
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via Arabic صَحْن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصَحْن—

Words derived from “scène”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek σκηνή →