Where does “microcinematografia” come from?
microcinematografia (Italian) comes from Italian cinematografia, from Italian cinema, from French cinéma, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
microcinematografia (Italian): filmmaking via a microscope
Definitions
- filmmaking via a microscope
Ancestry of “microcinematografia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cinematografia | cinematography, filmmaking; film |
| 2 | Italian | cinema | cinema; cinema, movie theater, film theatre |
| 3 | French | cinéma | cinema; playacting, drama, fuss |
| 4 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 5 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 6 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |