Where does “viddy” come from?

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

viddy (English): A video or video recording; To see; to view

Definitions

  1. A video or video recording; To see; to view

Ancestry of “viddy”, step by step

viddy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English video

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

via Russian ви́деть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianви́детьto see
2Proto-Slavicvidětito see
3Indo-European*weyd-—
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