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Where does “visage” come from?

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

visage (French): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “visage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvisageface
2Vulgar Latinvisaticumface
3Latinvīsus—
4Proto-Celticwissosknown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “visage”

  • envisage
  • envisager
  • envisagement
  • reenvisage
  • reenvisagement
  • envisagable
  • unenvisagable
  • visagiste
  • inenvisageable
  • visagiste
  • envisageable
  • dévisager
  • envisager
  • réenvisager
  • Visagist
  • Visage
  • vizaĝo
  • vizajo
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