Etymology

videocassette

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Today it means: A cassette containing a blank or prerecorded videotape on which visual images and sounds are recorded for use with a VCR. Full definition →

English cassette ← French cassette ← Old Northern French casse
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvideō
  5. Englishaudioinflu.
  6. Englishvideo
  7. Englishvideo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  10. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  11. Proto-Italic*kapsos
  12. Latincapsa
  13. Old Northern Frenchcasse
  14. Frenchcassette
  15. Englishcassette
  16. English todayvideocassette

From video- + cassette.

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