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Where does “visage” come from?

visage (Middle English) comes from Old French visage, from Vulgar Latin visaticum, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

visage (Middle English): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “visage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvisageface
2Vulgar Latinvisaticumface
3Latinvīsus—
4Proto-Celticwissosknown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “visage”

  • visage
  • visaged
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →