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Where does “vistoso” come from?

vistoso (Italian) comes from Italian vista, 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.

vistoso (Italian): gaudy, showy

Definitions

  1. gaudy, showy

Ancestry of “vistoso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvistafeminine singular of visto; sight, eyesight,...
2Vulgar Latinvisitasecond-person singular present active imperative...
3Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
4Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
5Latinvīsō—
6Latinvideō—
7Proto-Italicwidēōsee
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “vistoso”

  • vistosità
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →