projectionist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English projection

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

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.

Noun

projectionist (plural projectionists)

1. A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre.
2. One who subscribes to the philosophy of projectionism.

Translations

person who operates a film projector

• German: Filmvorführer (de) m, Filmvorführerin (de) f
• Macedonian: киноопера́тор m (kinooperátor)
• Romanian: proiecționist (ro) m, proiecționistă (ro) f
• Russian: киномеха́ник (ru) m (kinomexánik)