Where does “видеоигра” come from?
видеоигра (Russian) comes from Russian видео-, from Bulgarian видео, from English video, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
видеоигра (Russian): video game
Ancestry of “видеоигра”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | видео- | video- |
| 2 | Bulgarian | видео | — |
| 3 | English | video | Television, television show, movie; A short film... |
| 4 | Latin | videō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |