The word cinema comes from the French cinéma, shortened from cinématographe (kinimatografo; Gr: κινηματογράφο), coined in the 1890s by the Lumiere brothers, who invented it, from the Greek cinema (movement; better pronounced as kinima; Gr: κίνημα), from the verb cino (to move; better pronounced as kino; Gr: κινώ). graphe (write; better pronounced as grafo; Gr: γράφω – γραφή).
So: Cinema = Kinima (κίνημα) “that has motion”
English: cinematography, cinemascope, kinetics, kinematics, kineto
French: cinema, cinematographe,Italian: cinematografo,
Spanish: cine, cinematica,
German: Kino, Kinematograph
Until next time, where I will investigate a new word or phrase.
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