Where does “video-” come from?

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

video- (Spanish): video

Definitions

  1. video

Ancestry of “video-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvídeovideo; VHS player, videocassette recorder, VCR
2EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
3Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “video-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →