Etymology

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Today it means: A film or video production, presenting personal, social, political or historical subject matter in a factually accurate and informative or entertaining manner that often consists of archival footage and/or interviews supported by narration. Full definition →

English film ← Middle English filme ← Old English filmen
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  4. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  5. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  6. Latindoceō
  7. Latindocumentum
  8. Frenchdocument
  9. Frenchdocumentaire
  10. Englishdocumentary
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  12. Proto-Germanic*felma-
  13. Proto-Germanic*filmīn-
  14. Old Englishfilmen
  15. Middle Englishfilme
  16. Englishfilm
  17. English todaydocufilm

Blend of documentary + film.

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