minidocumentary

minidocumentary

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin miniumder.
Italian minio
Proto-Italic *-āzi
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Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Italian -are
Italian miniare
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Italian -tura
Italian miniaturabor.
English miniature
English mini-
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 minidocumentary

    From mini- + documentary.

    Noun

    minidocumentary (plural minidocumentaries)

    1. A short documentary.
      • 2007 November 25, Julie Bosman, “When Campaigning Strays Off Script”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        One of the latest developments, he noted, was the use of video. Mr. Romney's campaign has enlisted an Emmy-winning producer to create minidocumentaries of Mr. Romney's appearances on the campaign trail, which are posted on Mitt TV on the campaign's Web site.
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