Where does “sourveoir” come from?

sourveoir (Old French) comes from Old French vëoir, from Old French vedeir, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

sourveoir (Old French): to oversee; to survey

Definitions

  1. to oversee; to survey

Ancestry of “sourveoir”, step by step

sourveoir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French vëoir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchvëoirAlternative form of veoir; to see
2Old FrenchvedeirAlternative form of veoir
3Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
4Proto-Italicwidēōsee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Latin supervideō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsupervideō—

Words derived from “sourveoir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →