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Where does “visum” come from?

visum (German) 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.

Ancestry of “visum”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →