Where does “audiovisual” come from?
Audiovisual comes from English audio and visual, combining Latin audīre (to hear) and Latin vīsus (seen), with the suffix Latin -ālis and Latin -iō deriving from Proto-Indo-European weyd- (to see).
audiovisual (English): Containing both aural and visual elements
Definitions
- Containing both aural and visual elements
Ancestry of “audiovisual”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | visual | Related to or affecting the vision; That can be... |
| 2 | French | visuel | visual |
| 3 | Latin | vīsus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | wissos | known |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | widtós | seen; known |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “audiovisual”