myEtymology.com: English etymology of cinema

Etymology of the English word cinema

the English word cinema

derived from the French word cinéma

derived from the French word cinématographe

derived from the Greek word kinema, κίνημα

derived from the Greek word kinein

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kei-

derived from the Greek word kineo, κινέω (to stir literally or figuratively; to stir (transitively), literally or figuratively)

using the Greek suffix -graphe

The earliest known usage of cinema in English dates from the 19th century.

Word found in Modern English