Where does “clingfilm” come from?
clingfilm (English) comes from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.
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Definitions
- Light, transparent plastic film used as a...
Ancestry of “clingfilm”, step by step
clingfilm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Film
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 2 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 3 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 4 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 5 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via English cling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cling | Fruit whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit;... |
| 2 | Middle English | clingen | To solidify; to adhere as to form a mass; To... |
| 3 | Old English | clingan | to whither, pine, shrink up, shrink together from... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | klinganą | to sound; to adhere to, cling to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | glengʰ- | sound |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gal- | to call, cry; to sound; to roop, scream, shout |