Where does “voir” come from?

voir (Old French) comes from Latin verum, from Latin vēr, from Latin veror, from Proto-Italic wezor, from Proto-Indo-European wósr̥ — spring.

voir (Old French): true; real; true; genuine

Definitions

  1. true; real; true; genuine

Ancestry of “voir”, step by step

voir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin verum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinverumtruly; even so; but; yet; however; still
2Latinvērspring
3Latinveror—
4Proto-Italicwezorspring
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwósr̥spring

via Latin vērus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvērustrue, real, actual conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct
2Proto-Italicwērostrue
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wósr̥ →Every word from Proto-Italic wezor →Every word from Latin veror →