Where does “vidi” come from?
vidi (Ido) comes from Ido vido, from Ido vidar, from Esperanto vidi, from French voir, from Middle French veoir, from Old French vëoir, from Old French vedeir, from Latin videō — to see.
vidi (Ido): plural of vido
Ancestry of “vidi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | vido | seeing, vision, view |
| 2 | Ido | vidar | to see |
| 3 | Esperanto | vidi | to see |
| 4 | French | voir | to see; please |
| 5 | Middle French | veoir | to see |
| 6 | Old French | vëoir | Alternative form of veoir; to see |
| 7 | Old French | vedeir | Alternative form of veoir |
| 8 | Latin | videō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |