tragédie

tragedy; tragedy (tragic event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)

From Old French tragedie, a borrowing from Latin tragoedia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians.