English
filmlore
From film + lore.
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
Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘to trace, to track’
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Proto-Germanic *laizō ‘teaching’
Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu
Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’
Middle English lore ‘Education or teaching’
English lore
Today it means
noun The knowledge, study, science, history, or culture relating to films or moviemaking; cinematology.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / filmlore