Re: [tied] Pelicula

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> Película = film: a thin membranous covering or layer that
> forms on the surface of liquids or biological tissues; a
> thin, flexible and transparent layer of cellulose or similar
> synthetic material. From Latin pellicula "skinlet" (pellis
> "skin" -icula "diminutive"). English "film" is also derived
> from a Germanic word for "skin", OE fell, Ge. Fell, Du. vel.
>
> English "movie" is short for "moving picture".
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

thanks

Loreto