Where does “kinomanka” come from?
kinomanka (Polish) comes from Polish kinoman, from Polish kinomania, from Polish kino, from German Kino, from German Kinematograph, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Ancestry of “kinomanka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kinoman | cineast, cinemaphile, cinephile, movieholic |
| 2 | Polish | kinomania | cinephilia |
| 3 | Polish | kino | cinema |
| 4 | German | Kino | cinema |
| 5 | German | Kinematograph | cinematograph |
| 6 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 7 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 8 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |