Talk:vaudeville

Etymology

How does the term "vaudeville" derive from the English term "bawdy village" when the term "vaudeville" existed in France in the late 17th century?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Com%C3%A9die_en_vaudeville

173.89.236.187 01:36, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

That etymology looks pretty dodgy (at the very least, referring in a modern etymology to something as "a corruption" of something else is never a good sign), so I've replaced it with a Request For Etymology, but it'll probably be a good while until someone gets to it. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:26, 18 February 2014 (UTC)