Where does “vizier” come from?

vizier (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch visiere, from Old French visiere, from Old French vis, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vizier (Dutch): visor, a removable protective guard on a helmet;...

Definitions

  1. visor, a removable protective guard on a helmet;...

Ancestry of “vizier”, step by step

vizier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch visiere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvisiere—
2Old Frenchvisiere—
3Old Frenchvisface; opinion
4Latinvīsushaving been seen
5Proto-Celticwissosknown
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Middle French visir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvisir—
2Ottoman Turkishوزیرminister, cabinet minister; vizier; helper,...
3Arabicوَزِيرhelper, aide, minister, one who bears; helper,...

Words derived from “vizier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →