Where does “videocassette” come from?
Videocassette is a compound of video and cassette, which comes from French cassette, from Italian cassa meaning box, from Latin capio or cado meaning to take or to fall.
videocassette (English): A cassette containing blank or recorded...
Definitions
- A cassette containing blank or recorded...
Ancestry of “videocassette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cassette | A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two... |
| 2 | Italian | cassetta | box, case, crate; cassette |
| 3 | Italian | cassa | case, crate, trunk; box; cash register, cash desk |
| 4 | Spanish | caja | box, case; bank; cash desk |
| 5 | Catalan | caixa | box; savings bank |
| 6 | Old Catalan | caixa | box |
| 7 | Old Occitan | caissa | — |
| 8 | Latin | Capsa | Gafsa |
| 9 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |