melodrama
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- melodrama
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μέλος (limb, song, melody, member, tune, music, part of the body), δρᾶμα (a theatrical act, an act, a play).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δρᾶμα
Gloss
a theatrical act, an act, a play
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acromesomelia English
- amelia English
- anisomelia English
- drama English
- melodrama English
- melomaniac English
- melos English
- polymelia English
- draama Finnish
- drama Latin
- drāma Latin
- melos Latin
- dráma Hungarian
- dramma Italian
- maniaque French
- mélodrame French
- Δημομέλης Ancient Greek
- Σεμέλη Ancient Greek
- δράω Ancient Greek
- δρᾶμα Ancient Greek
- λαλοβαρυπαραμελορυθμοβάτης Ancient Greek
- μέλος Ancient Greek
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- drama Norwegian Bokmål
- melodrama Norwegian Bokmål
- drama Norwegian Nynorsk
- melodrama Norwegian Nynorsk
- dráma Irish
- dramo Esperanto
- drama Catalan, Valencian
- δράμα Greek (modern)
- ερρινομελής Greek (modern)
- דרמה Hebrew (modern)
- დრამა Georgian