Where does “clairvoyance” come from?

clairvoyance (French) comes from French voyance, from French voyant, from French voir, from Middle French veoir, from Old French vëoir, from Old French vedeir, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō — to see.

clairvoyance (French): clairvoyance

Definitions

  1. clairvoyance

Ancestry of “clairvoyance”, step by step

clairvoyance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French voyance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchvoyanceThe apparent power to perceive things that are...
2Frenchvoyantpresent participle of voir; clairvoyant; showy,...
3Frenchvoirto see; please
4Middle Frenchveoirto see
5Old FrenchvëoirAlternative form of veoir; to see
6Old FrenchvedeirAlternative form of veoir
7Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
8Proto-Italicwidēōsee
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via French clair

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclairclear; light; clearly
2Middle Frenchclerbright, well-lit, not dark; clear
3Old Frenchclerbright, well-lit, not dark; clear
4Latinclārusclear, bright
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “clairvoyance”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →