Etymology

vodcast

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Today it means: To deliver video on demand via a podcast. Full definition →

English broadcast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvideō
  5. Englishaudioinflu.
  6. Englishvideo
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  8. Proto-Germanic*an
  9. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  10. Old Englishon
  11. Middle Englishon
  12. Englishon
  13. Proto-Indo-European*de
  14. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  15. Proto-Italic*dē
  16. Latindē
  17. Latindē-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  19. Proto-Italic*manus
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁t
  22. Proto-Italic*manuðō
  23. Latinmandō
  24. Latindemandāre
  25. Old Frenchdemander
  26. Middle Englishdemaunden
  27. Englishdemand
  28. EnglishVoD
  29. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  30. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  31. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  32. Old Englishbrād
  33. Middle Englishbrod
  34. Englishbroad
  35. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  36. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  37. Old Norsekasta
  38. Middle Englishcasten
  39. Englishcast
  40. Englishbroadcast
  41. English todayvodcast

From VoD (“video on demand”) + -cast or a blend of video + podcast.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.