What is the bigger version of "cassette"?
If "cigarette" is the small version of "cigar,"
and "statuette" is the small version of "statue,"
then "cassette" is the small version of what? What is the bigger or fuller version of "cassette"? (As in, cassette tape.)
Would it really just be "case"? Was there ever a technology that used "cases"? When the video cassette was a thing, was there also a... video case?
Posted Aug 28, 2022, 5:27 AM UTC
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1793, "a little box," from French “cassette”. A diminutive of Old North French “casse” meaning box (case). So pretty much all “little boxes” that contained magnetic tape that could be recorded on and played back later were called cassettes. Audio cassettes and VHS videocassettes.
Prior to cassette tapes was the reel-to-reel tape recorder. Cassette tapes pre-dated the 8-track system. Not sure why 8-track were designated as cartridges and not cassettes.