Where does β€œbisa” come from?

bisa (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish avisar, from French aviser, from Old French aviser, from Old French avis, from Old French a, from Latin A, from Etruscan πŒ€, from Ancient Greek αΎ±Μ”.

bisa (Papiamentu): to say

Definitions

  1. to say

Ancestry of β€œbisa”, step by step

bisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish avisar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishavisarto tell, to tip off, to notify, to inform; to...
2Frenchaviserto advise; to notice; to conceive
3Old Frenchaviserto recognize; to pay attention to; to advise; to...
4Old Frenchavisopinion
5Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
6LatinAβ€”
7EtruscanπŒ€and, also
8Ancient GreekαΎ±Μ”β€”
9Phoenician𐀀ox; aleph; alef
10Egyptian𓃾—

via Portuguese avisar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseavisarto advise, notify, warn
Every word from Egyptian 𓃾 β†’Every word from Phoenician 𐀀 β†’Every word from Ancient Greek αΎ±Μ” β†’