Where does “կինո” come from?
կինո (Armenian) comes from Russian кино́, from German Kino, from German Kinematograph, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
կինո (Armenian): cinematography, filmmaking; cinema, movie...
Definitions
- cinematography, filmmaking; cinema, movie...
Ancestry of “կինո”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | кино́ | — |
| 2 | German | Kino | cinema |
| 3 | German | Kinematograph | kinematograph |
| 4 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 5 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 6 | Latin | -graphus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |