Where does “viza” come from?
viza (Swahili) comes from English Visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
viza (Swahili): visa
Definitions
- visa
Ancestry of “viza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Visa | Visa card; credit card |
| 2 | French | visa | a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of... |
| 3 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 5 | Latin | vīsō | to look at, look into, stare at, view |
| 6 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |