Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “viste” come from?

viste (Old French) comes from Italian visto, from Vulgar Latin visitus, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “viste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvistomasculine singular past participle of vedere;...
2Vulgar Latinvisitus—
3Latinvīsus—
4Proto-Celticwissosknown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “viste”

  • vite
  • vitesse
  • casse-vitesse
  • hypervitesse
  • vitement
  • viteză
  • vite
  • Wandvitesse
  • Vitesse
  • vitès
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →