Etymology Explorer › Old Portuguese

Where does “visto” come from?

visto (Old Portuguese) comes 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 “visto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinvisitus—
2Latinvīsus—
3Proto-Celticwissosknown
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “visto”

  • vista
  • entrevistar
  • visto
  • avistamento
  • entrevista
  • avistar
  • visto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →