Where does “cinema” come from?
cinema (Spanish) comes from Italian cinematica, from Italian cine, from Italian cinema, from French cinéma, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
cinema (Spanish): cinema; movie theater building where films are shown to an audience
Definitions
- cinema; movie theater building where films are shown to an audience
Ancestry of “cinema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cinematica | kinematics; feminine singular of cinematico |
| 2 | Italian | cine | cinema; cinematography |
| 3 | Italian | cinema | cinema; cinema, movie theater, film theatre |
| 4 | French | cinéma | cinema; playacting, drama, fuss |
| 5 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 6 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 7 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |