Where does “videosorveglianza” come from?

videosorveglianza (Italian) comes from Italian video, from English video, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

videosorveglianza (Italian): video surveillance, video monitoring, CCTV

Definitions

  1. video surveillance, video monitoring, CCTV

Ancestry of “videosorveglianza”, step by step

videosorveglianza traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Italian sorveglianza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansorveglianzasupervision; surveillance
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →