semidocumentary
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary English semidocumentary From semi- + documentary.
- derived from -aire French documentairebor
- derived from *-āsjos Latin -āriusder✻
- derived from document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder
- derived from semi- Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der
- derived from *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor✻
Definitions
a drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual…
a drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual details or actual events
of such a drama
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for semidocumentary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA