Where does “filmszínház” come from?

filmszínház (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian 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-.

filmszínház (Hungarian): cinema, movie theater

Definitions

  1. cinema, movie theater

Ancestry of “filmszínház”, step by step

filmszínház traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian film

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfilmfilm; film, movie, motion picture, picture; film,...
2EnglishFilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity
3Russianфильмfilm, movie
4EnglishfilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a...
5Middle Englishfilmefilm, membrane
6Old Englishfilmenmembrane; caul; foreskin
7Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-
8Proto-Germanic*filmīn-

via Hungarian színház

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszínháztheatre
2Hungarianszíncolor; complexion; light
3Slovaksieňhall
4Proto-Slavicsěnьshadow
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-Every word from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-Every word from Old English filmen