Ancient Greek

δράω

‘to act’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek δράω.

19 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek δράω, most familiar first.

• drama ← δρᾶμα
• drastic ← δραστικός ← δρᾶσις
• melodrama ← mélodrame ← drame ← drāma ← δρᾶμα
• dramatist ← δρᾶμα
• dramatize ← δρᾶμα
• dramaturgy ← dramaturgie ← dramaturge ← δραματουργός ← δρᾶμα
• monodrama ← drama ← drāma ← δρᾶμᾰ
• dramaturge ← δραματουργός ← δρᾶμα
• dorama ← ドラマ ← drama ← drāma ← δρᾶμᾰ
• teledrama ← drama ← drāma ← δρᾶμᾰ
• dramaturgist ← δραματουργός ← δρᾶμα
• dramaless ← drama ← drāma ← δρᾶμᾰ

More words from δράω

• dramatology
• dramatism
• melodrame
• microdrama
• nondrama
• subdrama
• theodrama

Etymograph / Ancient Greek δράω