English

video

/ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/
Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.

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    Origin

    From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

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    • borrowedLatinvideo “to see”
      • inheritedProto-Italic*widēō
    • derivedEnglishaudio “Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.”
      • derivedEnglishaudio- “Sound.”
        • partLatinaudiō “hear, listen”
        • partEnglish-o- “A linking vowel inserted interconsonantally between two morphemes, to ease pronunciation, without c…”

    Words built on it: video-, video game

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