English

filmgoer

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 Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.

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

Etymograph / filmgoer