Where does “videójáték” come from?

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

videójáték (Hungarian): video game

Definitions

  1. video game

Ancestry of “videójáték”, step by step

videójáték traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian videó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvideóvideo; videocassette recorder
2EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
3Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Hungarian játék

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjátéktoy; game
2Proto-Finno-Ugricjukta-to tell

Words derived from “videójáték”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →
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