Etymology Explorer › Old Spanish

Where does “veer” come from?

veer (Old Spanish) comes from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “veer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvideō—
2Proto-Italicwidēōsee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →