Where does “filmsztár” come from?
filmsztár (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-.
filmsztár (Hungarian): film star, movie star
Definitions
- film star, movie star
Ancestry of “filmsztár”, step by step
filmsztár traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian film
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | film | film; film, movie, motion picture, picture; film,... |
| 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 Hungarian sztár
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sztár | star |