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Where does “vision” come from?

Vision comes from Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Latin visionem, from Latin visio derived from the root weyd- meaning to see.

vision (English): The sense or ability of sight; Something seen; an...

Definitions

  1. The sense or ability of sight; Something seen; an...

Ancestry of “vision”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishvisiounA vision; an illusory image, apparition or...
2Anglo-NormanvisiounAlternative form of vision
3Latinvīsiōnem—

Words derived from “vision”

  • television
  • visionary
  • envision
  • telly
  • visioned
  • Eurovision
  • monovision
  • visionless
  • visional
  • reenvision
  • stereovision
  • visionariness
  • envisionment
  • holovision
  • pretelevision
  • visionist
  • infravision
  • countervision
  • nontelevision
  • visioner
  • antitelevision
  • televisional
  • visionally
  • radiovision
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