Where does “videokasetti” come from?
videokasetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasetti, from French cassette, from Middle French cassette, from Middle French -ette, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
videokasetti (Finnish): videocassette
Definitions
- videocassette
Ancestry of “videokasetti”, step by step
videokasetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasetti | cassette; coffer |
| 2 | French | cassette | treasure box; small box; cassette tape |
| 3 | Middle French | cassette | — |
| 4 | Middle French | -ette | -et, -ette |
| 5 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 6 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |