Where does “visas” come from?
visas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wi-so-s, from Proto-Indo-European wī-, from Proto-Indo-European weye- — to drive, separate.
Ancestry of “visas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | wi-so-s | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | wī- | apart, asunder, in two; separate, alone;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weye- | to drive, separate |
Words derived from “visas”