Etymology

documental

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Today it means: Of or relating to instruction. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English document ← Middle French document
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  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. Middle Frenchdocument
  9. Englishdocument
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. English todaydocumental

From document + -al.

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