Proto-Hellenic

*awéidō

‘to sing’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *awéidō.

11 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *awéidō, most familiar first.

• comedy ← comedie ← comedie ← cōmoedia ← κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ
• comedian ← comédien ← comédie ← comedie ← cōmoedia
• comedic ← comedy ← comedie ← comedie ← cōmoedia
• ode ← ōda ← ᾠδή ← ᾰ̓είδω
• odeon ← ᾠδεῖον ← ᾠδή ← ᾰ̓είδω
• anticomedy ← comedy ← comedie ← comedie ← cōmoedia
• aoidos ← ἀοιδός ← ἀείδω
• asmatographer ← ᾀσματογράφος ← ᾆσμα ← ᾰ̓είδω
• comedial ← cōmoedia ← κωμῳδῐ́ᾱ ← ἀοιδός ← ἀείδω
• noncomedy ← comedy ← comedie ← comedie ← cōmoedia
• odeion ← ᾠδεῖον ← ᾠδή ← ᾰ̓είδω

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *awéidō