English
motography
Motography may come from Latin mōtor ‘mover’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtor‘mover’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1909motography
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtor‘mover’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1909motography
Earliest quotation: 1909, Theodore T. King, Motography at the Seattle Fair: “But the problem has been solved; and the thing…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’
move, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, immobile, emotionless, 84 more
through Latin moveō ‘to move’
mobile, remove, emotional, auto, promote, promotion, remote, mobility, emotion, motive, motivate, mobilization, removable, motif, mobilize, mobilisation, mobilise, motility, emote, motile, 64 more
through Latin mōtor ‘mover’
Today it means
noun The act of capturing a motion picture; filming.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mōtor / motography