English
Supermarionation
Blend of super + marionette + animation, coined by Gerry Anderson, possibly in imitation of Dynamation, Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion technique.
A blend of super + marionette + animation
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’
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Latin super ‘above’
Latin super-
Middle English super-
English super-
English super
Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם
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Latin Marīa
Old French Marie
French Marie ‘Mary’
French marionnette ‘marionette, puppet’
English marionette
Latin animō ‘to animate, quicken’
Latin animatiō ‘the act of animating or giving life to,…’
English animation
The story
Blend of super + marionette + animation, coined by Gerry Anderson, possibly in imitation of Dynamation, Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion technique.
Today it means
name A puppetry technique used in the 1960s, involving motorized marionettes suspended and controlled by thin wires.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Supermarionation