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English word origin

Etymology of video

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. ▲ English audioinflu. Eng

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
noun

Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic. · A recording or medium of visual content, especially audiovisual content for playback; a motion picture, movie, film. · Television content or media. · videotape, VHS.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. ▲ English audioinflu. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To record using a video camera, to videotape. · To record a television program. · To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. ▲ English audioinflu. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Inspect preserved source fields

Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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