English
video
Video comes from Latin videō ‘to see’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see’
- Englishtodayvideo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see’
- Englishtodayvideo
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
story, guy, idea, advice, witness, wise, historic, wisdom, guide, wit, wizard, historian, advise, idol, witty, guise, visitation, steroid, revue, tabloid, envious, envision, improvise, twit, druid, avis, hypothyroidism, witter, hyperthyroidism, parathyroid, idyll, weet, trapezoid, thyroxine, colloid, hyoid, thyroiditis, sigmoid, visite, 92 more
through Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’
provision, revision, providence, prudential, invisibility, vada, provident, evidential, 15 more
through Latin videō ‘to see’
review, visit, interview, evidence, provide, vision, invisible, visa, visibility, vista, evident, revise, prudent, jurisprudence, prudence, voyeur, purview, purveyor, proviso, invidious, 18 more
Today it means
noun Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / video