Where does “wizytówka” come from?
wizytówka (Polish) comes from Polish wizyta, from French visite, from French visiter, from Middle French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
wizytówka (Polish): business card
Ancestry of “wizytówka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | wizyta | visit |
| 2 | French | visite | visit; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | French | visiter | to visit |
| 4 | Middle French | visiter | to visit |
| 5 | Latin | vīsitō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |