English
video
Video comes from Latin videō ‘to see’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-1‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yeti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō1‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō1‘to see’
- Englishtodayvideo1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English video
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-Wiktionary, English video‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetiWiktionary, English videoreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēōWiktionary, English video‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideōWiktionary, English video‘to see’
- EnglishtodayvideoWiktionary, English video
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, 91 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.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “video”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / video