Where does “videovigilancia” come from?
videovigilancia (Spanish) comes from Catalan vigilància, from Latin vigilantia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
videovigilancia (Spanish): video surveillance
Definitions
- video surveillance
Ancestry of “videovigilancia”, step by step
videovigilancia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan vigilància
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | vigilància | vigilance |
| 2 | Latin | vigilantia | vigilance, alertness; wakefulness |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Catalan vídeo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | vídeo | video |
| 2 | English | video | Television, television show, movie; A short film... |
| 3 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Spanish vídeo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | vídeo | video; VHS player, videocassette recorder, VCR |