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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

  1. A cassette containing blank or recorded...

Ancestry of “videocassette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcassetteA small flat case containing magnetic tape on two...
2Italiancassettabox, case, crate; cassette
3Italiancassacase, crate, trunk; box; cash register, cash desk
4Spanishcajabox, case; bank; cash desk
5Catalancaixabox; savings bank
6Old Catalancaixabox
7Old Occitancaissa—
8LatinCapsaGafsa
9Latincapiō—
10Proto-Italickapiōtake
11Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
12Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

Words derived from “videocassette”

  • videokaseta
  • видеокасета
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- →