Where does “video” come from?

video (Finnish) comes from English video, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

video (Finnish): video; videocassette recorder, VCR; VHS

Definitions

  1. video; videocassette recorder, VCR; VHS

Ancestry of “video”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
2Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
3Proto-Italicwidēōsee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “video”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →