Where does “voir” come from?

voir (Haitian Creole) comes from French voir, from Middle French veoir, from Old French vëoir, from Old French vedeir, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

voir (Haitian Creole): to see

Definitions

  1. to see

Ancestry of “voir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoirto see; please
2Middle Frenchveoirto see
3Old FrenchvëoirAlternative form of veoir; to see
4Old FrenchvedeirAlternative form of veoir
5Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
6Proto-Italicwidēōsee
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →