-rama

See also: Rämä, rämä, rama, Rama, ráma, râma, rāma, Rāma, râmă, ramă, råmą, and ɽama

English

Etymology

Modification of -orama, influenced by diorama and panorama, and thus derived from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāma, “sight, spectacle”), which in turn evolved from the Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to perceive, look out for”).

Suffix

-rama

1. Alteration of -orama, used in suffixing a word ending with an r or vowel sound.

   camera → camerarama or

   future → futurama (formed by eliding the e and merging the two rs into one)

Usage notes

• The suffix is usually appended without hyphenation, or occasionally with hyphen intended to catch the eye.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -rama

• Cinerama
• Panorama
• futurama
• Glamarama, as a nickname for Tamarama Beach, in NSW, Australia
• Dollarama

Anagrams

• ARMA, Amar, Aram, Mara, maar, mara