Where does “visiter” come from?
Visitor comes from Anglo-Norman visitour and Old French visiteor, derived from Latin visitāre meaning to go to see or call upon.
visiter (English): Archaic form of visitor
Ancestry of “visiter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | visitor | Someone who visits someone else; someone staying... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | visitour | — |
| 3 | Old French | visiteor | — |