microdocumentary

noun

A very short documentary.

OriginEnglish documentary ← French documentaire ← Latin documentum →
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Meanings

nounmicrodocumentary (plural microdocumentaries)

plural microdocumentaries

  1. A very short documentary.

Origin

  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. Englishmicrodocumentary

From micro- + documentary.

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APA

microdocumentary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdocumentary

MLA

“microdocumentary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdocumentary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microdocumentary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdocumentary.

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