Etymology

watchback

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Today it means: As a step in the video-editing process in videography and cinematography. Full definition →

English back ← Middle English bak ← Old English bæc
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watchback · noun1

  1. Middle Englishwacche
  2. Englishwatch
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*baką
  5. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  6. Old Englishbæc
  7. Middle Englishbak
  8. Englishback
  9. English todaywatchback

From watch + back.

watchback · noun2

Deverbal from watch back.

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