English word movie comes from English -ie, English moving picture ((dated) A film or movie.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-ie | English (en) | (occasionally, sometimes, derogatory) Forming nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb.. Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names. |
moving picture | English (en) | (dated) A film or movie. |
movie | English (en) | (chiefly, North American) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.. (usually, plural, chiefly, North American) A cinema. |