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Where does “viser” come from?

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

viser (French): to aim at, target; to issue with a visa

Definitions

  1. to aim at, target; to issue with a visa

Ancestry of “viser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvisaa mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...
2Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
3Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
4Latinvīsō—
5Latinvideō—
6Proto-Italicwidēōsee
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “viser”

  • vise
  • visar
  • viseren
  • vizar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →