Where does “kinaĵo” come from?
kinaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kino, from German Kino, from German Kinematograph, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
kinaĵo (Esperanto): feature film, theatrical film, movie, piece of cinema
Definitions
- feature film, theatrical film, movie, piece of cinema
Ancestry of “kinaĵo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kino | film, cinema |
| 2 | German | Kino | cinema |
| 3 | German | Kinematograph | cinematograph |
| 4 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 5 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 6 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |