Where does “videójátékok” come from?

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

Ancestry of “videójátékok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvideójátékvideo game
2Hungarianvideóvideo; videocassette recorder
3EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
4Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
5Proto-Italicwidēōsee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →