Where does “microcinematography” come from?
microcinematography (English) comes from English cinematography, from English cinematograph, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
microcinematography (English): The making of films by using a microscope, especially of biological specimens, by means of time-lapse photography
Definitions
- The making of films by using a microscope, especially of biological specimens, by means of time-lapse photography
Ancestry of “microcinematography”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cinematography | The art, process, or job of filming movies;... |
| 2 | English | cinematograph | A camera that could develop its own film and... |
| 3 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |