Where does “avistamento” come from?
avistamento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese avistar, from Portuguese vista, from Portuguese visto, from Old Portuguese visto, from Vulgar Latin visitus, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós — to see.
avistamento (Portuguese): sighting
Definitions
- sighting
Ancestry of “avistamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | avistar | to sight |
| 2 | Portuguese | vista | eye; eyeball; sight; view |
| 3 | Portuguese | visto | visa; signature, stamp; which has been seen or... |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | visto | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | visitus | — |
| 6 | Latin | vīsus | having been seen |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | wissos | known |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | widtós | seen; known |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |