Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Etymology- comedy

Comedy also came about in the late 14th century from the French term comedie meaning "a comedy, amusing spectacle," The original meaning of the word is very similar to todays meaning. During the middle ages the word meant poems or stories with happy endings.
From the root of comedy came many other words such as comical, comedian, and comedic.
The term today can best be described as something that makes you laugh, or brings amusement.

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