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Where does “cinematic” come from?

Cinematic comes from French cinématique, from English -ics and ic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-.

cinematic (English): Of or relating to the cinema; Resembling a...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the cinema; Resembling a...

Ancestry of “cinematic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcinemaA movie theatre, a movie house; Films...
2Frenchcinémacinema; playacting, drama, fuss
3Frenchcinématographecinematograph
4French-graphe-graph; -grapher
5Latin-graphus—
6Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
7Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
8Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “cinematic”

  • cinematically
  • precinematic
  • noncinematic
  • uncinematic
  • postcinematic
  • anticinematic
  • cinematicity
  • neurocinematic
  • uncinematically
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