What is Entertaiment?

Entertaiment is a genre of popular culture that provides an avenue for relaxation or diversion from daily routines and often involves elements of amusement, recreation, or pleasure. Its emergence as a genre has allowed for the development of many familiar forms and themes that have become iconic in popular culture. Entertaiment encompasses a wide range of activities such as watching movies, attending concerts, playing games, engaging in social activities and recreational activities. The word entertain is derived from the Medieval Latin intertenere, which contains the prefix inter meaning “inside” and the suffix tenere, from the Indo-European root ten, meaning to stretch or hold.