Where does “filmregisseur” come from?
filmregisseur (Dutch) comes from Dutch regisseur, from French régisseur, from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
filmregisseur (Dutch): film director
Definitions
- film director
Ancestry of “filmregisseur”, step by step
filmregisseur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch regisseur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | regisseur | director |
| 2 | French | régisseur | manager, administrator; stage manager |
| 3 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 4 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 6 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Dutch film
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | film | film, movie |
| 2 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 3 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 4 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 5 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 6 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via German Regisseur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Regisseur | director; trainer, coach |