Where does “filmzaal” come from?
filmzaal (Dutch) comes from Dutch film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.
filmzaal (Dutch): cinema, movie theater; viewing room of a cinema
Definitions
- cinema, movie theater; viewing room of a cinema
Ancestry of “filmzaal”, step by step
filmzaal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |