Where does “vite” come from?

vite (French) comes from Old French viste, from Italian visto, from Vulgar Latin visitus, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vite (French): quickly; quick; fast

Definitions

  1. quickly; quick; fast

Ancestry of “vite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchviste—
2Italianvistomasculine singular past participle of vedere;...
3Vulgar Latinvisitus—
4Latinvīsushaving been seen
5Proto-Celticwissosknown
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “vite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →
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