Where does “ciné-parc” come from?
ciné-parc (French) comes from French ciné, from French cinéma, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
ciné-parc (French): a drive-in theatre, a movie theatre where patrons sit in their cars in a parking lot to view the movies
Definitions
- a drive-in theatre, a movie theatre where patrons sit in their cars in a parking lot to view the movies
Ancestry of “ciné-parc”, step by step
ciné-parc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French ciné
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ciné | cinema; movie theater |
| 2 | French | cinéma | cinema; playacting, drama, fuss |
| 3 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via French parc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | parc | park; playpen; pen |
| 2 | Middle French | parc | enclosure |
| 3 | Old French | parc | enclosed area, often fenced off, often in a... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | parcus | enclosure; sparing, frugal; scanty, slight |
| 5 | Frankish | parrik | enclosure, pen; enclosure, fenced-in area |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | parrukaz | fence; enclosure |