Where does “vista” come from?

vista (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin visita, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vista (Italian): feminine singular of visto; sight, eyesight,...

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of visto; sight, eyesight,...

Ancestry of “vista”, step by step

vista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin visita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinvisitasecond-person singular present active imperative...
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

via Italian visto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvistomasculine singular past participle of vedere;...
2Vulgar Latinvisitus
3Latinvīsushaving been seen
4Proto-Celticwissosknown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “vista

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-