Etymology

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Today it means: A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film; a video. Full definition →

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The story

From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.