Where does “clairvoyant” come from?

clairvoyant (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

clairvoyant (French): clairvoyant

Definitions

  1. clairvoyant

Ancestry of “clairvoyant”, step by step

clairvoyant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French voyant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoyantpresent participle of voir; clairvoyant; showy,...
2Frenchvoirto see; please
3Middle Frenchveoirto see
4Old FrenchvëoirAlternative form of veoir; to see
5Old FrenchvedeirAlternative form of veoir
6Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
7Proto-Italicwidēōsee
8Proto-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 “clairvoyant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →