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Where does “filmen” come from?

filmen (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.

filmen (Old English): membrane; caul; foreskin

Definitions

  1. membrane; caul; foreskin

Ancestry of “filmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-—
2Proto-Germanic*filmīn-—

Words derived from “filmen”

  • film
  • films
  • filming
  • filmmaker
  • filmmaking
  • microfilm
  • biofilm
  • filmy
  • filmic
  • filmstrip
  • filmography
  • filmgoing
  • clingfilm
  • filmgoer
  • filmi
  • telefilm
  • filmdom
  • filmless
  • filmically
  • unfilmable
  • filmer
  • nanofilm
  • filmable
  • filmlike
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