Where does “bisa” come from?

bisa (Kapampangan) comes from Spanish visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

bisa (Kapampangan): want; like; crave; fond

Definitions

  1. want; like; crave; fond

Ancestry of “bisa”, step by step

bisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish visa

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

via Malay bisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybisapoison; can; may, might, can, could
2Sanskritविषpoison, venom, bane; poisonous; servant,...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanwiṣás
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwišáspoison, venom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwisósfluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...

Words derived from “bisa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Italic widēōEvery word from Latin videō