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English word film comes from Proto-Indo-European *plē-, Proto-Indo-European *plē(w)-, and later Proto-Germanic *felma- (A stem meaning: covering, skin, hide, fleece.)
*plē- (Proto-Indo-European)
*plē(w)- (Proto-Indo-European)
*pélno-mo (Proto-Indo-European)
*pélmo- (Proto-Indo-European)
*felma- (Proto-Germanic)
A stem meaning: covering, skin, hide, fleece.
*filminją (Proto-Germanic)
*felma (Old English)
filmen (Old English)
Caul. Foreskin. Membrane.
filme (Middle English)
film (English)
(cinema, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.. A movie.. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.. To record a motion picture on photographic film.