Where does “visaige” come from?

visaige (Middle French) 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.

visaige (Middle French): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “visaige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvisageface
2Vulgar Latinvisaticumface
3Latinvīsushaving been seen
4Proto-Celticwissosknown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →