Where does “cinematografista” come from?
cinematografista (Spanish) comes from Spanish cinematografía, from French cinématographie, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
cinematografista (Spanish): cinematographer
Definitions
- cinematographer
Ancestry of “cinematografista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cinematografía | cinematography |
| 2 | French | cinématographie | cinematography; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |