Where does “Hezbollywood” come from?
Hezbollywood (English) comes from English Hollywood, from English Wood, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko, from Proto-Germanic *flukkô, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.
Hezbollywood (English): Instances of photojournalism from the Lebanon War in 2006 that misrepresented scenes of death and destruction in Lebanon caused by Israeli air attacks
Definitions
- Instances of photojournalism from the Lebanon War in 2006 that misrepresented scenes of death and destruction in Lebanon caused by Israeli air attacks
Ancestry of “Hezbollywood”, step by step
Hezbollywood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Hollywood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hollywood | Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie... |
| 2 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 3 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 4 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 5 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 6 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via English Hezbollah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hezbollah | A Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political party and paramilitary group |
| 2 | Arabic | حِزْب اللّٰه | party of God |