Where does “відеокасета” come from?
відеокасета (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian касе́та, from French cassette, from Middle French cassette, from Middle French -ette, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
відеокасета (Ukrainian): video cassette
Definitions
- video cassette
Ancestry of “відеокасета”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | касе́та | cassette |
| 2 | French | cassette | treasure box; small box; cassette tape |
| 3 | Middle French | cassette | — |
| 4 | Middle French | -ette | -et, -ette |
| 5 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 6 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |