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

  1. Containing both aural and visual elements

Ancestry of “audiovisual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvisualRelated to or affecting the vision; That can be...
2Frenchvisuelvisual
3Latinvīsushaving been seen
4Proto-Celticwissosknown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “audiovisual”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →
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