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Where does “visualize” come from?

Visualize comes from Middle English -isen, Latin -alis, Latin -io, and Proto-Indo-European weyd-, ultimately tracing to the root meaning to see or perceive.

visualize (English): Alternative spelling of visualise

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of visualise

Ancestry of “visualize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvisualRelated to or affecting the vision; That can be...
2Frenchvisuelvisual
3Latinvīsus—
4Proto-Celticwissosknown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “visualize”

  • visualizer
  • visualizable
  • visualizability
  • previsualize
  • revisualize
  • unvisualizable
  • visualisable
  • visualizably
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →