trama

/ˈtɾama/ · B2 · noun · f

weave

🧵 trama = thread-weave; sounds like 'tram' tracks crisscrossing like threads

Latin trama meant 'weft', the crosswise threads in a loom. Since a story's events interlace like threads, it became 'plot'. City streets crossing at right angles form a woven pattern too, hence 'grid'. Think tram lines crisscrossing: tram-a.

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