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Where does “video” come from?

Video derives from Latin video, rooted in the Proto-Indo-European weyd-, meaning to see or know.

video (English): Television, television show, movie; A short film...

Definitions

  1. Television, television show, movie; A short film...

Ancestry of “video”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvideō—
2Proto-Italicwidēōsee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →