Where does “visibility” come from?
Visibility comes from Middle French visibilité, from Late Latin visibilitas, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root weyd- meaning to see.
visibility (English): The condition of being visible; The degree to...
Definitions
- The condition of being visible; The degree to...
Ancestry of “visibility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | visibilité | — |
| 2 | Latin | visibilitas | visibility |
| 3 | Latin | vīsibilis | that may be seen, visible |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |