Where does “visa” come from?

visa (French) comes from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

visa (French): a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...

Definitions

  1. a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...

Ancestry of “visa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
2Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
3Latinvīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view
4Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
5Proto-Italicwidēōsee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “visa”

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