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Where does “televisore” come from?

televisore (Italian) comes from Italian visore, from Latin visor, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

televisore (Italian): television set

Definitions

  1. television set

Ancestry of “televisore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvisoreviewer; apparatus for viewing; electronic scope...
2Latinvisorone who sees, looks at, watches; a seer, viewer,...
3Latinvideō—
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →