English
quasidocumentary
From quasi- + documentary.
Formed from quasi- + documentary
Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂m
Proto-Italic *kʷis ‘who, what’
Latin quam ‘in what (which) way, to what (which) degree’
Latin quasi ‘almost’
English quasi-
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’
…
Latin doceō ‘to teach or instruct’
Latin documentum ‘instruction’
French document
French documentaire
English documentary
Today it means
adj Somewhat or partially documentary.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “quasidocumentary”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / quasidocumentary