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Where does “movie” come from?

Movie is a shortened form of moving picture, a term coined in English to describe motion pictures or films.

movie (English): A recorded sequence of images displayed on a...

Definitions

  1. A recorded sequence of images displayed on a...

Ancestry of “movie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmoving pictureA film or movie

Words derived from “movie”

  • movies
  • moviegoing
  • moviemaking
  • moviegoer
  • moviemaker
  • telemovie
  • movieland
  • movielike
  • moviehouse
  • moviedom
  • minimovie
  • nonmovie
  • moviemania
  • midmovie
  • megamovie
  • movieholic
  • movieverse
  • movielore
  • e-movie
  • moviesque
  • মুভি
  • মুভী
  • muvi
Every word from English moving picture →