Sunday 2 December 2012

melodrama=ميلودراما


melodrama=ميلودراما

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
melodrama (n.)
1784 (1782 as melo drame), "a stage-play in which songs were interspersed and music accompanied the action," from Fr. mélodrame (18c.), from Gk. melos "song" (see melody) + Fr. drame "drama" (see drama). Meaning "a romantic and sensational dramatic piece with a happy ending" is from 1883, because this was often the form of the original melodramas. Also from French are Sp. melodrama, It. melodramma, Ger. melodram. Related: Melodramatize.


melody (n.)
late 13c., from O.Fr. melodie "music, song, tune" (12c.), from L.L. melodia, from Gk. meloidia "a singing, a chanting, choral song, a tune for lyric poetry," from melos "song, part of song" (see melisma) + oide "song, ode" (see ode).
ode (n.)
1580s, from M.Fr. ode (c.1500), from L.L. ode "lyric song," from Gk. oide, Attic contraction of aoide "song, ode;" related to aeidein (Attic aidein) "to sing;" aoidos (Attic oidos) "a singer, singing;" aude "voice, tone, sound," probably from a PIE *e-weid-, perhaps from root *wed- "to speak." In classical use, "a poem intended to be sung;" in modern use usually a rhymed lyric, often an address, usually dignified, rarely extending to 150 lines. Related: Odic.
drama (n.)
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.


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