Where does “Horrorfilm” come from?
Horrorfilm (German) comes from German film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.
Horrorfilm (German): horror film
Definitions
- horror film
Ancestry of “Horrorfilm”, step by step
Horrorfilm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German film
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | film | film a thin layer of some substance |
| 2 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 3 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 4 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 5 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 6 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via German Horror
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Horror | horror |
| 2 | Latin | horror | bristling; shaking, shivering, chill; dread,... |
| 3 | Latin | horrēre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | horzēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti | — |