Meaning

noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents

adjective emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary From French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document,…

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