Where does “filmoznawca” come from?
filmoznawca (Polish) comes from Polish 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-.
filmoznawca (Polish): one who studies film studies or a person skilled in film studies
Definitions
- one who studies film studies or a person skilled in film studies
Ancestry of “filmoznawca”, step by step
filmoznawca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish film
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | film | film, movie, motion 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- | — |