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Where does “cinématographie” come from?

cinématographie (French) comes from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

cinématographie (French): cinematography; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. cinematography; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “cinématographie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcinématographecinematograph
2French-graphe-graph; -grapher
3Latin-graphus—
4Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
5Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
6Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “cinématographie”

  • cinematography
  • cinematographer
  • κινηματογραφία
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