Where does “filmare” come from?
filmare (Romanian) comes from Romanian filma, from French filmer, from French film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen.
filmare (Romanian): filming
Definitions
- filming
Ancestry of “filmare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | filma | to film |
| 2 | French | filmer | to film |
| 3 | French | film | movie, film |
| 4 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 5 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 6 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 7 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 8 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |