Where does “dramă” come from?

dramă (Romanian) comes from French drame, from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα, from Ancient Greek δράω, from Proto-Hellenic dráwō, from Proto-Indo-European dréwh₂-eti — to run, act.

dramă (Romanian): drama

Definitions

  1. drama

Ancestry of “dramă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdramedrama
2Latindramadrama, play
3Ancient Greekδρᾶμαa deed, act; one of the three types of ancient...
4Ancient GreekδράωI act, I take action, I achieve
5Proto-Hellenicdráwō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandréwh₂-etito run, act
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dréwh₂-eti →