Where does “vis” come from?

vis (French) comes from Old French vis, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vis (French): screw; inflection of vivre: ##...

Definitions

  1. screw; inflection of vivre: ##...

Ancestry of “vis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvisface; opinion
2Latinvīsushaving been seen
3Proto-Celticwissosknown
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “vis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-