Where does “sinehan” come from?
sinehan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano sine, from Spanish cine, from Spanish cinema, from Italian cinematica, from Italian cine, from Italian cinema, from French cinéma, from French cinématographe — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
sinehan (Cebuano): a cinema; a movie theater
Definitions
- a cinema; a movie theater
Ancestry of “sinehan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cebuano | sine | a cinema; a movie theater; a movie; a film |
| 2 | Spanish | cine | cinema, moviehouse; film |
| 3 | Spanish | cinema | — |
| 4 | Italian | cinematica | kinematics; feminine singular of cinematico |
| 5 | Italian | cine | cinema; cinematography |
| 6 | Italian | cinema | cinema; cinema, movie theater, film theatre |
| 7 | French | cinéma | cinema; playacting, drama, fuss |
| 8 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 9 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 10 | Latin | -graphus | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |