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Where does “televisivo” come from?

televisivo (Italian) comes 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.

televisivo (Italian): TV, television

Definitions

  1. TV, television

Ancestry of “televisivo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “televisivo”

  • metatelevisivo
  • radiotelevisivo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →