Where does “vis” come from?
vis (Romanian) comes from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
vis (Romanian): dream; vision
Ancestry of “vis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 2 | Latin | vīsō | — |
| 3 | Latin | videō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |