Etymology

radiobroadcast

R1A1D2I1O1B3R1O1A1D2C3A1S1T1

Today it means: To broadcast by radio. Full definition →

English broadcast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Englishradio-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  5. Old Englishbrād
  6. Middle Englishbrod
  7. Englishbroad
  8. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  9. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  10. Old Norsekasta
  11. Middle Englishcasten
  12. Englishcast
  13. Englishbroadcast
  14. English todayradiobroadcast

From radio- + broadcast.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.