Where does “cinephotomicrography” come from?
cinephotomicrography (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-.
cinephotomicrography (English): cinematographic photomicrography
Definitions
- cinematographic photomicrography
Ancestry of “cinephotomicrography”, step by step
cinephotomicrography 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 photomicrography
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photomicrography | Photography using a microscope |
| 2 | English | micrography | The description of microscopic objects; An... |
| 3 | English | -graphy | Something written or otherwise represented in the... |
| 4 | French | -graphie | -graphy |
| 5 | Latin | -graphia | -graphy |
| 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... |