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*(s)mer-der.?
- Latinmemor
- Latinmemoria
- Old Frenchmemoire
- Middle Frenchmemoire
- Frenchmémoire
- Englishmemoir
- English todaydocumemoir
Blend of documentary + memoir.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.