Where does “cineliteracy” come from?
cineliteracy (English) comes from English cine, from English cinefilm, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-.
cineliteracy (English): Familiarity with films and cinema
Definitions
- Familiarity with films and cinema
Ancestry of “cineliteracy”, step by step
cineliteracy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cine | cinefilm; Images of the heart taken by... |
| 2 | English | cinefilm | Any of various obsolete film formats, including 8... |
| 3 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 4 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 5 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 6 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 7 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via English literacy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | literacy | The ability to read and write; Understanding of... |
| 2 | English | literate | Able to read and write; having literacy;... |
| 3 | Middle English | litterate | — |
| 4 | Latin | litteratus | learned, educated, scholarly, literate; cultured,... |
| 5 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 6 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |