Where does “cinema” come from?
cinema (Spanish) comes from Italian cinematica, from Italian -matica, from Romanian mata, from Romanian dumneata, from Romanian domnia, from Romanian ta, from Vulgar Latin ta, from Latin tua — sweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;...
Ancestry of “cinema”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cinematica | kinematics; feminine singular of cinematico |
| 2 | Italian | -matica | — |
| 3 | Romanian | mata | you |
| 4 | Romanian | dumneata | you |
| 5 | Romanian | domnia | — |
| 6 | Romanian | ta | feminine singular of tău your; yours |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | ta | — |
| 8 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus:
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| 9 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 10 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 11 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 12 | Middle High German | dūs | deuce |
| 13 | Old High German | dūs | — |
| 14 | Old French | dous | soft; soft, tender; Alternative form of deus |
| 15 | Latin | dulcis | sweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;... |