Where does “videotracking” come from?
videotracking (English) comes from English tracking, from English track, from Middle English trak, from Old French trac, from Middle Dutch treck, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.
videotracking (English): The tracking of moving objects using video camera
Definitions
- The tracking of moving objects using video camera
Ancestry of “videotracking”, step by step
videotracking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tracking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tracking | The act or process by which something is tracked;... |
| 2 | English | track | A mark left by something that has passed along; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | trak | — |
| 4 | Old French | trac | track of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | treck | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |