Where does “phim ảnh” come from?
phim ảnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phím, from French film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-.
phim ảnh (Vietnamese): cinema and fiction television
Definitions
- cinema and fiction television
Ancestry of “phim ảnh”, step by step
phim ảnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese phím
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | phím | a fret; a key |
| 2 | French | film | movie, film |
| 3 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 4 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 5 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 6 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 7 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |