English
filmwise
From film + -wise.
Formed from film + -wise
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
Today it means
adj Into a film, rather than in drops (dropwise).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / filmwise