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Comedy comes from Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία, from κῶμος ‘revel’ + ἀοιδός ‘singer’ (from ἀείδω ‘to sing’).

1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*awéidō¹‘to sing’reconstructed
2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀείδω¹ăeídō‘to sing’
3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀοιδός¹aoidós‘singer’
4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκωμῳδία¹kōmōidĭ́ā‘comedy’
5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōmoedia¹‘a comedy’
6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600comedie¹
7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500comedie¹
8. Englishtodaycomedy¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English comedy