Where does “melodramă” come from?

melodramă (Romanian) comes from French mélodrame, 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.

melodramă (Romanian): melodrama

Definitions

  1. melodrama

Ancestry of “melodramă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmélodramemelodrama
2Frenchdramedrama
3Latindramadrama, play
4Ancient Greekδρᾶμαa deed, act; one of the three types of ancient...
5Ancient GreekδράωI act, I take action, I achieve
6Proto-Hellenicdráwō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandréwh₂-etito run, act
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dréwh₂-eti →