Where does “videoteca” come from?

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

videoteca (Spanish): video library; video rental shop

Definitions

  1. video library; video rental shop

Ancestry of “videoteca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvideo-video
2Spanishvídeovideo; VHS player, videocassette recorder, VCR
3EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
4Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
5Proto-Italicwidēōsee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →