Where does “webcast” come from?
webcast (English) comes from English -cast, from English broadcast, from English broad, from German braut, from Middle High German brūt, from Old High German brūt, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic brūdiz — bride.
webcast (English): A video and/or audio broadcast transmitted via...
Definitions
- A video and/or audio broadcast transmitted via...
Ancestry of “webcast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -cast | Forming words for audiovisual content distributed... |
| 2 | English | broadcast | Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast... |
| 3 | English | broad | Wide in extent or scope; Extended, in the sense... |
| 4 | German | braut | inflection of brauen:
## third-person singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | brūt | concubine |
| 6 | Old High German | brūt | daughter-in-law, bride; bride |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *brūdi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | brūdiz | bride |