Where does “Visage” come from?

Visage (Bavarian) comes from French visage, from Old French visage, from Vulgar Latin visaticum, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Visage (Bavarian): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “Visage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvisageface
2Old Frenchvisageface
3Vulgar Latinvisaticumface
4Latinvīsushaving been seen
5Proto-Celticwissosknown
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →
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