Where does “muvi” come from?

muvi (Tok Pisin) comes from English movie, from English moving picture — A film or movie.

muvi (Tok Pisin): movie

Definitions

  1. movie

Ancestry of “muvi”, step by step

muvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English movie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmovieA recorded sequence of images displayed on a...
2Englishmoving pictureA film or movie

via Hungarian mű

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianműartificial; work, accomplishment; opus, work
2Proto-Uralicmeke-make
Every word from English moving picture →Every word from English movie →