drama
DRAH-muh · noun
Origin
Drama comes from Late Latin drāma, borrowed from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma), meaning an act, a theatrical act, or a play, itself from the verb δράω (dráō), "to act, to take action, to achieve."
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Journey
The word moved from Greek describing theatrical action into Latin as a term for a play, and then into English essentially unchanged in form and meaning.
Related words
Drama is a doublet of dorama, meaning they descend from the same root through different paths.
More words
From Ancient Greek