Etymograph

English

filmcard

From film + card.

A compound of film + card

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

Ancient Greek χάρτης ‘paper, papyrus’

Latin charta ‘papyrus, paper’

Old French carte

Middle English carde ‘playing card’

English card

Today it means

noun A card containing microfilm data, used in a microfiche system.

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

Etymograph / filmcard