A word that has come up a number of times in the Czech lessons I’ve studied this week is divadlo [ˈɟɪvadlo] (theatre). I have to look it up every time as I don’t remember what it means.

So I thought if I look into its etymology and find some related words, it might help me to remember it.

Divadlo means theatre, drama or play-acting, and comes from dívat (to look, watch) and -dlo (an instrumental suffix), so it means something like ‘a way to watch’ [source].

Related words and expressions include:

• divadelní = theatrical
• divadelně = theatrically
• politické divadlo = political play-acting
• loutkové divadlo = puppetry
• divadlo pro veřejnost = publicity stunt
• hrát divadlo = to act out a play
• dívat = to look
• dívat se = to look, watch, gaze
• podívat = to peep
• podívat se = to see, to look at, to have a look, to take a look

Source: bab.la