Originally posted by sunset_tintiner
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Etymology
Old English filmen, membrane, skin from West Germanic *filminjan (cf. Old Frisian filmene, skin, Old English fell hide), extended from Proto Germanic. *fello(m) animal hide, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-/*pelno- (cf. Greek pella, Latin pellis skin). Sense of a thin coat of something is 1577, extended by 1845 to the coating of chemical gel on photographic plates. By 1895 this also meant the coating plus the paper or celluloid.
Noun
Singular
film
Plural
films
film (plural films)
- A thin layer of some substance.
- (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
- A motion picture.
In summation, vinyl IS a "film", The vinyl in question is also... egad, TINTED. Thus... Oh nevermind.
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