Where does “vizajo” come from?

vizajo (Ido) comes from Esperanto vizaĝo, from French visage, from Old French visage, from Vulgar Latin visaticum, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vizajo (Ido): visage, face

Definitions

  1. visage, face

Ancestry of “vizajo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovizaĝoface; countenance, mug
2Frenchvisageface
3Old Frenchvisageface
4Vulgar Latinvisaticumface
5Latinvīsushaving been seen
6Proto-Celticwissosknown
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →