Where does “vídeo” come from?

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

vídeo (Spanish): video; VHS player, videocassette recorder, VCR

Definitions

  1. video; VHS player, videocassette recorder, VCR

Ancestry of “vídeo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
2Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
3Proto-Italicwidēōsee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “vídeo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →