video

noun

Television, a television show, or a movie.

A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).

A motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.

(dated) VHS.

verb

(ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

(British) To record using a video camera, to videotape

(British) To record a television program

Roots

viderevid- · Latin · to see

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Where does video come from?

The word video breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vid-, from Latin videre (“to see”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.