video的词源

英文词源

video

video: see visit

video (adj.)

1935, as visual equivalent of audio, from Latin video "I see," first person singular present indicative of videre "to see" (see vision). As a noun, "that which is displayed on a (television) screen," 1937.

Engineers, however, remember the sad fate of television's first debut and are not willing to allow "video transmission" (as television is now called by moderns) to leave the laboratory until they are sure it will be accepted. ["The Michigan Technic," November 1937]

video game is from 1973.

中文词源

video：录像带

来自拉丁语videre,看，词源同visit,evident。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：video 词源，video 含义。

video：录像（的），视频（的）

这是拉丁语借词，原为拉丁语动词 videre 'to see' 的现在时第一人称单数，相当于英语 ' I see'。20世纪50年代以来video 一直用以指“电视（的）”、“录像（的）”、“视频（的）”，常和其它词构成复合词，如 videotape（录像带），videocast（电视广播），videorecorder（录像机），videocassette （录像磁带盘），videophone（电视电话）等。

video：电视；视频，录像

借用于拉丁语动词videre(看见)的现在时第一人称。

词根词缀： -vid-看见 + eo

video：录像带

来自拉丁语 videre,看，词源同 visit,evident.