Where does “visa” come from?
visa (Romanian) comes from Late Latin viso, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
visa (Romanian): to dream
Ancestry of “visa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | viso | I look at, look into, stare at, view; I go to... |
| 2 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 3 | Latin | vīsō | — |
| 4 | Latin | videō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “visa”