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Where does “visus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “visus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticwissosknown
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →