Etymology

broadcast

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Today it means: Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad. Full definition →

English cast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  4. Old Englishbrād
  5. Middle Englishbrod
  6. Englishbroad
  7. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  8. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  9. Old Norsekasta
  10. Middle Englishcasten
  11. Englishcast
  12. English todaybroadcast

From broad + cast. First attested in the mid-18th century, in the agricultural use of spreading seeds.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.