Where does “microfilmare” come from?
microfilmare (Romanian) comes from Romanian microfilma, from French microfilmer, from French microfilm, from French film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme.
microfilmare (Romanian): microfilming
Definitions
- microfilming
Ancestry of “microfilmare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | microfilma | to microfilm |
| 2 | French | microfilmer | To microfilm |
| 3 | French | microfilm | microfilm |
| 4 | French | film | movie, film |
| 5 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 6 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 7 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 8 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 9 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |