video
moving visual recording or image
Root
- vid / vis: see, look, or look ahead
Other words with the vid / vis root
- invidious: unfairly discriminating or likely to cause resentment
- providential: fortunate in a way that seems guided by foresight or care
- vision: the ability to see; a mental image of what could be
- visionary: imaginative and able to see what others do not yet see
Video is the familiar modern doorway into Latin videre: seeing made into a recorded image.
The short video made the abstract process visible.