projectionist

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What does projectionist mean?

A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre.

Where does projectionist come from?

Etymology tree English projection Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English projectionist From projection + -ist.

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