Where does “βίζα” come from?

βίζα (Greek) 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.

βίζα (Greek): visa (permit)

Definitions

  1. visa (permit)

Ancestry of “βίζα”, 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...
4Latinvīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view
5Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
6Proto-Italicwidēōsee
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-