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Where does “viser” come from?

viser (Middle French) comes from Old French viser, from Late Latin visare, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

viser (Middle French): to aim at, to target

Definitions

  1. to aim at, to target

Ancestry of “viser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchviservisor
2Late Latinvisaresecond-person singular present passive...
3Latinvīsō—
4Latinvideō—
5Proto-Italicwidēōsee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “viser”

  • vise
  • viser
  • visar
  • viseren
  • vizar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →