Where does “visum” come from?

visum (Indonesian) comes from Dutch visum, from Dutch visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō — to see.

visum (Indonesian): visa: a permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited

Definitions

  1. visa: a permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited

Ancestry of “visum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvisumvisa
2Dutchvisa
3Frenchvisaa mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...
4Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
5Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
6Latinvīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view
7Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
8Proto-Italicwidēōsee
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-
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