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Where does “visite” come from?

Visite derives from French visite, meaning a visit or inspection.

visite (English): A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace...

Definitions

  1. A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace...

Ancestry of “visite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvisitevisit; third-person singular present indicative...
2Frenchvisiterto visit
3Middle Frenchvisiterto visit
4Latinvīsitō—
5Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
6Latin-tō—
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →