Where does “viselike” come from?
viselike (English) comes from English visé, from French vise, from French viser, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō — to see.
viselike (English): Extremely strong or tight, like the grip of a...
Definitions
- Extremely strong or tight, like the grip of a...
Ancestry of “viselike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | visé | A note or stamp entered in a passport or other... |
| 2 | French | vise | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | French | viser | to aim at, target; to issue with a visa |
| 4 | French | visa | a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of... |
| 5 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 6 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 7 | Latin | vīsō | — |
| 8 | Latin | videō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |