Where does “microfilm” come from?
Microfilm comes from English film combined with the Ancient Greek μικρός meaning small, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots smēyg-, smē-, pel(w)-, and pel-.
microfilm (English): a continuous roll of film containing photographs...
Definitions
- a continuous roll of film containing photographs...
Ancestry of “microfilm”, step by step
| 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- | — |