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Where does “βιντεοπαιχνίδι” come from?

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

βιντεοπαιχνίδι (Greek): video game

Definitions

  1. video game

Ancestry of “βιντεοπαιχνίδι”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekβίντεοvideo
2EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
3Latinvideō—
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →