Where does “perspective” come from?
Perspective comes from Middle English perspective, meaning a viewing or sight, from Old French perspectif, meaning optical or relating to vision, from Medieval Latin perspectīvus, meaning relating to sight or optics, from Latin perspicere, meaning to see through or discern.
perspective (English): A view, vista or outlook; The appearance of depth...
Definitions
- A view, vista or outlook; The appearance of depth...
Ancestry of “perspective”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | perspective | — |
Words derived from “perspective”
- perspectival
- perspectivism
- perspectivity
- perspectivist
- multiperspective
- perspectively
- metaperspective
- perspectivization
- aperspectival
- perspectiveless
- perspectivistic
- perspectivation
- פרספקטיבה
- bioperspective
- macroperspective
- microperspective
- perspectivic
- パースペクティブ
- metaperspectival
- perspectivistically
- perspectivalization
- multiperspectivity
- perspectivelessness