Where does “videohra” come from?

videohra (Czech) comes from Czech video, from English video, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

videohra (Czech): video game

Definitions

  1. video game

Ancestry of “videohra”, step by step

videohra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech video

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechvideovideo
2EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
3Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Czech hra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechhraplay, game; game; play
2Old Czechjhraplay, game
3Proto-Slavicjьgraplay, game
4Proto-Balto-Slavicígrāˀ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →