Where does “vista” come from?

vista (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese visto, from Old Portuguese visto, from Vulgar Latin visitus, from Latin vīsus, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

vista (Portuguese): eye; eyeball; sight; view

Definitions

  1. eye; eyeball; sight; view

Ancestry of “vista”, step by step

vista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese visto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevistovisa; signature, stamp; which has been seen or...
2Old Portuguesevisto—
3Vulgar Latinvisitus—
4Latinvīsushaving been seen
5Proto-Celticwissosknown
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Portuguese ver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseverto see; to observe; to see; to see; to understand
2Old Portugueseveerto see

Words derived from “vista”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →