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

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of visitor

Ancestry of “visiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvisitorSomeone who visits someone else; someone staying...
2Anglo-Normanvisitour—
3Old Frenchvisiteor—
Every word from Old French visiteor →Every word from Anglo-Norman visitour →Every word from English visitor →