-cast

suffix

Forming words for audiovisual content distributed to an audience, usually in a manner denoted by the word stem.

OriginEnglish broadcast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Forming words for audiovisual content distributed to an audience, usually in a manner denoted by the word stem.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*braidaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*braid
  4. Old Englishbrād
  5. Middle Englishbrod
  6. Englishbroad
  7. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  8. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  9. Old Norsekasta
  10. Middle Englishcasten
  11. Englishcast
  12. Englishbroadcast
  13. English-cast

Back-formation from broadcast.

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Cite this entry
APA

-cast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cast

MLA

“-cast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-cast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-cast.

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