Where does “vistazo” come from?
vistazo (Spanish) comes from Spanish vista, 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.
vistazo (Spanish): look, glance
Ancestry of “vistazo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | vista | sight, vision; view; trial |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | visita | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 5 | Latin | vīsō | — |
| 6 | Latin | videō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |