Where does “predocumentary” come from?
predocumentary (English) comes from English documentary, from French documentaire, from French document, from Italian documento, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
predocumentary (English): Before documentation
Definitions
- Before documentation
Ancestry of “predocumentary”, step by step
predocumentary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English documentary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | documentary | Of, related to, or based on documents; Which... |
| 2 | French | documentaire | documentary |
| 3 | French | document | document; file |
| 4 | Italian | documento | document; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | documentum | lesson; instruction; warning |
| 6 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 7 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |