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Where does “radiotelevisivo” come from?

radiotelevisivo (Italian) comes from Italian televisivo, from Italian visivo, from Late Latin visivus, from Latin visus, from Latin videre, from Latin video, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

radiotelevisivo (Italian): radio and television , broadcast , broadcasting

Definitions

  1. radio and television , broadcast , broadcasting

Ancestry of “radiotelevisivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliantelevisivoTV, television
2Italianvisivovisual
3Late Latinvisivus—
4LatinvisusThe action of looking; The power of sight; A...
5Latinvidereinflection of videō: ## present active...
6LatinvideoI see, perceive; look; I observe, note; I...
7Proto-Italicwidēōsee
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →