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Where does “visagiste” come from?

visagiste (English) comes from French visagiste, from French visage, from Old French visage, from Vulgar Latin visaticum, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

visagiste (English): A make-up artist

Definitions

  1. A make-up artist

Ancestry of “visagiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvisagistemake-up artist
2Frenchvisageface
3Old Frenchvisageface
4Vulgar Latinvisaticumface
5Latinvīsus—
6Proto-Celticwissosknown
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →