Where does “videokaseta” come from?
videokaseta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English videocassette, from English cassette, from Italian cassetta, from Italian cassa, from Spanish caja, from Catalan caixa, from Old Catalan caixa, from Old Occitan caissa — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
videokaseta (Serbo-Croatian): videocassette
Ancestry of “videokaseta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | videocassette | A cassette containing blank or recorded... |
| 2 | English | cassette | A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two... |
| 3 | Italian | cassetta | box, case, crate; cassette |
| 4 | Italian | cassa | case, crate, trunk; box; cash register, cash desk |
| 5 | Spanish | caja | box, case; bank; cash desk |
| 6 | Catalan | caixa | box; savings bank |
| 7 | Old Catalan | caixa | box |
| 8 | Old Occitan | caissa | — |
| 9 | Latin | Capsa | Gafsa |
| 10 | Latin | capiō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |