Where does “schlockumentary” come from?
schlockumentary (English) comes from English schlock, from Yiddish שלאַק, from German Schlacke, from Middle Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slān, from Old Saxon slāhan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
schlockumentary (English): A documentary programme or film regarded as...
Definitions
- A documentary programme or film regarded as...
Ancestry of “schlockumentary”, step by step
schlockumentary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English schlock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schlock | Commodity that is shoddy or inferior |
| 2 | Yiddish | שלאַק | — |
| 3 | German | Schlacke | slag, dross, scoria; cinders, clinker; sediment,... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
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 |