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Where does “visualis” come from?

visualis (Late Latin) comes from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

visualis (Late Latin): of sight; attained by sight

Definitions

  1. of sight; attained by sight

Ancestry of “visualis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīsus—
2Proto-Celticwissosknown
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “visualis”

  • visual
  • visually
  • visualize
  • audiovisual
  • visualise
  • televisual
  • visuality
  • nonvisual
  • visualizer
  • visualizable
  • extravisual
  • visualizability
  • televisuality
  • visualist
  • psychovisual
  • audiovisually
  • visualism
  • previsualize
  • televisually
  • audiovisuality
  • revisualize
  • hypervisual
  • unvisualizable
  • visualisable
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