Where does “visitorial” come from?

visitorial (English) comes from English Visitor, from Anglo-Norman visitour, from Old French visiteor.

visitorial (English): Of, pertaining to, or having the power to make an...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having the power to make an...

Ancestry of “visitorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishVisitorSomeone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest
2Anglo-Normanvisitour—
3Old Frenchvisiteor—
Every word from Old French visiteor →Every word from Anglo-Norman visitour →Every word from English Visitor →