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Where does “Brobdingnagian vision” come from?

Brobdingnagian vision (English) comes from English vision, from Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Latin vīsiōnem.

Brobdingnagian vision (English): A hallucination or visual disorder in which...

Definitions

  1. A hallucination or visual disorder in which...

Ancestry of “Brobdingnagian vision”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvisionThe sense or ability of sight; Something seen; an...
2Middle EnglishvisiounA vision; an illusory image, apparition or...
3Anglo-NormanvisiounAlternative form of vision
4Latinvīsiōnem—
Every word from Latin vīsiōnem →