Etymology

microdocumentary

Today it means: A very short documentary. Full definition →

English documentary ← French documentaire ← Latin documentum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  7. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  8. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  9. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  10. Latindoceō
  11. Latindocumentum
  12. Frenchdocument
  13. Frenchdocumentaire
  14. Englishdocumentary
  15. English todaymicrodocumentary

From micro- + documentary.

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