English

film-goer

From film + goer.

A compound of film + goer

Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- ‘membrane’

Proto-Germanic *filmīn- ‘thin skin, membrane’

Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-

Old English filmen ‘film, membrane, thin skin’

Middle English filme ‘film’

English film

Middle English goere

English goer

Today it means

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / film-goer