The word "comedy" comes from the Ancient Greek "komos," – revel, and "oide," – singing, and it differed from its companion art form, "tragedy" in many ways.
La palabra "comedia" procede del término "komos", que en griego antiguo significa algarabía, y de "oide", canto. Se diferenciaba de la tragedia, su contracara artística, por varias razones.