Etymology

stereovision

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Today it means: Three-dimensional visual perception. Full definition →

English vision ← Middle English visioun ← Anglo-Norman visioun
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  3. Ancient Greekστερεο- (stereo-)
  4. Englishstereo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*widtós
  7. Proto-Italic*wissos
  8. Latinvīsus
  9. Latinvīsiō
  10. Anglo-Normanvisioun
  11. Middle Englishvisioun
  12. Englishvision
  13. English todaystereovision

From stereo- + vision.

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