Where does “vise” come from?
vise (English) comes from French vise, from French viser, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō — to see.
vise (English): A note or stamp entered in a passport or other...
Definitions
- A note or stamp entered in a passport or other...
Ancestry of “vise”, step by step
vise traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French vise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vise | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | French | viser | to aim at, target; to issue with a visa |
| 3 | French | visa | a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of... |
| 4 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 6 | Latin | vīsō | to look at, look into, stare at, view |
| 7 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Old French deviser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | deviser | to divide |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | devisare | — |
| 3 | Latin | divisāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | dīvīsum | — |
| 5 | Latin | dīvidō | to divide, separate |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |