@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoThe word movie is probably only about 100 years old, yet incredibly ingrained into our culture.message-square45fedilinkarrow-up1102
arrow-up1102message-squareThe word movie is probably only about 100 years old, yet incredibly ingrained into our culture.@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink7•2 years ago@Sigmatics a sort of squashed version from the Latin, “dominator”. He thought it would dominate. They ended up going with the Greek word “kínēma” which means movement, hence movie cameras were “cinematographs” - movement writers. But they did call their first camera model Domitor. :)
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@Sigmatics a sort of squashed version from the Latin, “dominator”. He thought it would dominate.
They ended up going with the Greek word “kínēma” which means movement, hence movie cameras were “cinematographs” - movement writers.
But they did call their first camera model Domitor. :)