Where does “veduta” come from?
veduta (English) comes from Italian veduta, from Italian vedere, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
veduta (English): A highly detailed, usually large-scale painting...
Definitions
- A highly detailed, usually large-scale painting...
Ancestry of “veduta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | veduta | view, vista, panorama; feminine singular of... |
| 2 | Italian | vedere | to see; to look at; to find out |
| 3 | Latin | videō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |