Etymology

videotelephone

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Today it means: A videophone. Full definition →

English telephone ← French téléphone ← Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)
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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. Frenchtélé-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  11. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  12. Frenchtéléphone
  13. Englishtelephone
  14. English todayvideotelephone

From video- + telephone.

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