vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu-
(Latin: videre, "to see"; plus words with other related meanings: to notice, observe, look, perceive; seeing, seen, sight, view; manifest, manifested, reveal, revealed)
Although many of the words in this unit seem to be from other Latin origins, all of them are etymologically derived from the main videre, "to see" element.
vedette
Veni, Vidi, Vici.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Attributed to Julius Caesar's summary of his swift victory at Zela in 47 B.C. over King Pharnaces of Pontus in the Pontic campaign; according to Plutarch; but Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, A.D. 69?–A.D. 140?, a Roman biographer and historian, doesn't ascribe the words to Caesar, saying only that they were displayed before his title after his victories at Pontus.
—Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson,
published by Facts On File, Inc.; 1997.
Vide et crede.
See and believe.
Perhaps better known as, "Seeing is believing".
Vide infra; v.i.
See below.
An instruction in a document to look for a citation that follows.
videlicet
Videlicet; viz.
It is permitted to see; One may or can see.
Other meanings include: to wit; that is to say; namely. Commonly abbreviated viz., which is expressed orally as "namely", not as "viz."
video
1. The visible part of a television transmission.
2. The industry of recording and broadcasting visual information and entertainment, especially that which can be viewed on a television.
3. A recording of both the video (visual) and audio (hearing) components; especially, one containing a recording of a movie or television program.
4. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
5. The text and graphic images that appear on a computer screen.
videoconferencing
videodisc
videogenic
videognosis
videogram
A prerecorded video recording; a commercial video film or disc.
videographer
1. A person who makes videotapes with a camcorder.
2. Someone who works in the video medium recording moving images on tape, disk, or other electro-mechanical devices, or even broadcasting live. On a set, he or she is responsible for the camera and lighting.
Typically, videographers are distinguished from cinematographers because they use electro-mechanical cameras while cinematographers record images on film.
videography
The art or practice of using a video camera to make films or programs.
videolaseroscopy
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "appear, visible, visual, manifest, show, see, reveal, look":
blep-;
delo-;
demonstra-;
opt-;
-orama;
pare-;
phanero-;
phant-;
pheno-;
scopo-;
spec-;
vela-, veal-.
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