Where does “envisage” come from?

Envisage comes from French envisager, formed from French en- combined with Latin visāre (to look at), derived from Latin visum (seen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- (to see).

envisage (English): To conceive or see something within one's mind;...

Definitions

  1. To conceive or see something within one's mind;...

Ancestry of “envisage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenvisagerto envisage; to contemplate
2Frenchen-en- all meanings
3Old Frenchen-en- in; into
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “envisage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →
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