Where does “videokamera” come from?

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

videokamera (Danish): a video camera or camcorder

Definitions

  1. a video camera or camcorder

Ancestry of “videokamera”, step by step

videokamera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish video

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

via Danish kamera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkameracamera
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →