Where does “videogioco” come from?

videogioco (Italian) comes from Italian gioco, from Latin iocus, from Proto-Italic jokos, from Proto-Indo-European yokos, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

videogioco (Italian): video game; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. video game; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “videogioco”, step by step

videogioco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian gioco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangiocogame; backlash; first-person singular present...
2Latiniocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
3Proto-Italicjokosword, saying
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyokosword, utterance
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

via Italian video

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvideovideo; display; monitor
2EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
3Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yokos →Every word from Proto-Italic jokos →
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