etymology - Suffixing by "-rama", "-orama" or "-arama" — how did this begin?


Suffixing by -rama, -orama or -arama — how did this begin? I mean words like futurama, foodarama, etc.



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Etymonline to the rescue:



-rama noun suffix meaning "spectacular display or instance of," 1824, abstracted from panorama, ultimately from Greek horama [ὅραμα] "sight."



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