Where does “music video” come from?

music video (English) comes from Danish musikvideo, from German musik, from Middle High German mūsic, from Old High German musika, from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική, from Ancient Greek μοῦσα — Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

music video (English): A short film integrating a song and imagery,...

Definitions

  1. A short film integrating a song and imagery,...

Ancestry of “music video”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishmusikvideoA music video
2Germanmusikmusic
3Middle High Germanmūsic—
4Old High Germanmusika—
5Latinmūsica—
6Ancient Greekμουσικήnominative feminine singular of μουσικός; any of...
7Ancient GreekμοῦσαAlternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,...

Words derived from “music video”

Every word from Ancient Greek μοῦσα →Every word from Ancient Greek μουσική →Every word from Latin mūsica →
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