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Where does “zoocinéma” come from?

zoocinéma (French) comes from French cinéma, 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- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

zoocinéma (French): The screening of documentary films in a zoo etc

Definitions

  1. The screening of documentary films in a zoo etc

Ancestry of “zoocinéma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcinémacinema; playacting, drama, fuss
2Frenchcinématographecinematograph
3French-graphe-graph; -grapher
4Latin-graphus—
5Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
6Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
7Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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