Etymology

filmmaker

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Today it means: A producer or director of films/movies. Full definition →

English maker ← Middle English maker ← Old English macian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  2. Proto-Germanic*felma-
  3. Proto-Germanic*filmīn-
  4. Old Englishfilmen
  5. Middle Englishfilme
  6. Englishfilm
  7. Proto-Germanic*makaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  9. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  10. Old Englishmacian
  11. Middle Englishmaken
  12. Middle Englishmaker
  13. Englishmaker
  14. English todayfilmmaker

From film + maker.

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