Where does “Film” come from?

Film (German) comes from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.

Film (German): film; photographic film; motion picture

Definitions

  1. film; photographic film; motion picture

Ancestry of “Film”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a...
2Middle Englishfilmefilm, membrane
3Old Englishfilmenmembrane; caul; foreskin
4Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-—
5Proto-Germanic*filmīn-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *filmīn- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn- →Every word from Old English filmen →
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