videocasete

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *widēō

Latin videōbor.

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English audioinflu.

English videobor.

Spanish video?

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English videobor.?

Spanish video-

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Proto-Italic *kapsos

Latin capsa

Old Northern French casse

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Latin -ittus

Old French -ete

Middle French -ette

French cassettebor.

Spanish casete

Spanish videocasete

From video- + casete.

Noun

videocasete m or f same meaning (plural videocasetes)

1. videotape

Noun

videocasete m (plural videocasetes)

1. VCR (videocassette recorder)

Further reading

• “videocasete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025