Where does “videotelefon” come from?

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

videotelefon (Hungarian): Superseded spelling of videótelefon

Definitions

  1. Superseded spelling of videótelefon

Ancestry of “videotelefon”, step by step

videotelefon 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 telefon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantelefontelephone
2GermanTelephonObsolete spelling of Telefon

Words derived from “videotelefon”

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