Where does “audiovideo” come from?
audiovideo (Italian) comes from Romanian video, from French vidéo, from English video, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
audiovideo (Italian): video with added sound
Ancestry of “audiovideo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | video | — |
| 2 | French | vidéo | video |
| 3 | English | video | Television, television show, movie; A short film... |
| 4 | Latin | videō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |