About Entertaiment
The word entertainment has evolved in a wide variety of forms, including music, drama, dance, film, television, art, and other types of public performance. Its etymology is from the Latin intertenere, a compound of the prefix inter meaning “inside” and the suffix tenere, derived from the Indo-European root ten, meaning to stretch or flex (see TEN). Entertainment may be intended for amusement, edification, or education, but it is also capable of providing aesthetic effects and of being used for other purposes. What is entertaining for one person may be considered work or an act of cruelty by another.