Where does “Kopfkino” come from?

Kopfkino (German) comes from German Kino, from German Kinematograph, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Kopfkino (German): imagination; inner cinema in one's mind's eye

Definitions

  1. imagination; inner cinema in one's mind's eye

Ancestry of “Kopfkino”, step by step

Kopfkino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKinocinema
2GermanKinematographcinematograph
3Frenchcinématographecinematograph
4French-graphe-graph; -grapher
5Latin-graphusgraph
6Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
7Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
8Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via German kopf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankopfhead
2Middle High Germankopfdrinking vessel
3Latincūppadrinking vessel
4Latincūpatub, cask, tun, vat
5Ancient Greekκώπηa handle
6Proto-Indo-Europeankóh₂p-eh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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