Where does “prima vista” come from?
prima vista (Finnish) comes from Italian vista, from Vulgar Latin visita, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
prima vista (Finnish): sight reading
Definitions
- sight reading
Ancestry of “prima vista”, step by step
prima vista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian vista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vista | feminine singular of visto; sight, eyesight,... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | visita | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 5 | Latin | vīsō | to look at, look into, stare at, view |
| 6 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |