ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY
- 1510s, from L.L. drama "play, drama," from Gk. drama (gen. dramatos) "play, action, deed," from dran "to do, act, perform" (especially some great deed, whether good or bad), from PIE *dere- "to work." Drama queen attested by 1992.
WIKIPEDIA
Drama is the specific mode
of fiction
represented in
performance.[1]
The term comes from a Greek
word "dran" meaning "action"
(Classical
Greek: δρᾶμα, drama),
which is derived from "to do" or "to act"
(Classical
Greek: δράω, draō).
Western
drama originates in classical
Greece.[11]
The theatrical
culture of the city-state
of Athens
produced three genres
of drama: tragedy,
comedy,
and the satyr play.
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