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Where does “movies” come from?

Movies comes from the English shortening of moving picture, a term for motion pictures that emerged in early cinema.

movies (English): plural of movie; The cinema

Definitions

  1. plural of movie; The cinema

Ancestry of “movies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmovieA recorded sequence of images displayed on a...
2Englishmoving pictureA film or movie
Every word from English moving picture →