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
- plural of movie; The cinema
Ancestry of “movies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | movie | A recorded sequence of images displayed on a... |
| 2 | English | moving picture | A film or movie |