Where does “films” come from?
Films comes from Old English filmen, from Proto-Germanic filminją, from Proto-Indo-European pel(w)-, ultimately from the root pel- meaning to stretch or spread.
films (English): plural of film; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of film; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “films”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 3 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |