Etymology

minidocumentary

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Today it means: A short documentary. Full definition →

English documentary ← French documentaire ← Latin documentum
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The story

  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishmini-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  10. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  11. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  12. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  13. Latindoceō
  14. Latindocumentum
  15. Frenchdocument
  16. Frenchdocumentaire
  17. Englishdocumentary
  18. English todayminidocumentary

From mini- + documentary.

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