cinema

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*keyh₂-
2. Ancient Greekκινέω (kinéō)
3. Ancient Greekκίνημα (kínēma)
4. Frenchcinématographeclip.
5. Frenchcinéma
6. English todaycinema

Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, record”). Compare German Kino (“cinema”), ultimately from the same Greek source.

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