Emmy

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Shortening of Emily or Emma.

Chosen as a feminine-sounding derivation of immy, a nickname for the image orthicon tubes used in early television cameras.


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Emmy (n.)

statuette awarded by the American Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 1949, said to be an alteration of Immy, from image.