Where does “infilmable” come from?
infilmable (French) comes from French filmable, from French filmer, from French film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen.
infilmable (French): unfilmable
Definitions
- unfilmable
Ancestry of “infilmable”, step by step
infilmable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French filmable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | filmable | filmable |
| 2 | French | filmer | to film |
| 3 | French | film | movie, film |
| 4 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 5 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 6 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 7 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 8 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via Spanish filmable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | filmable | — |