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

Every word from English moving picture