Where does “cinematography” come from?
Cinematography comes from French cinématographie, derived from French cinématographe, which combines Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, to move) with Latin -ia.
cinematography (English): The art, process, or job of filming movies;...
Definitions
- The art, process, or job of filming movies;...
Ancestry of “cinematography”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cinematograph | A camera that could develop its own film and... |
| 2 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 3 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 4 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |