The story
- Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
- Proto-Italic*dokejō
- Proto-Italic*dokeō
- Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
- Latindoceō
- Latindocumentum
- Frenchdocument
- Frenchdocumentaire
- Englishdocumentary
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
- Proto-Italic*θingō
- Proto-Italic*fingō
- Latinfingō
- Latinfictiō
- Old Frenchficcion
- Middle Englishficcioun
- Englishfiction
- Englishdocufiction
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- English todaydocufictional
From docufiction + -al.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.