Where does “vista” come from?
vista (Romansch) comes from Vulgar Latin visita, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
vista (Romansch): view; cheek; face
Definitions
- view; cheek; face
Ancestry of “vista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | visita | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 3 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 4 | Latin | vīsō | to look at, look into, stare at, view |
| 5 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |