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Where does “bisa” come from?

bisa (Tagalog) comes from Kapampangan bisa, from Spanish visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō — to see.

Ancestry of “bisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganbisa—
2Spanishvisavisa
3Frenchvisaa mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...
4Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
5Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
6Latinvīsō—
7Latinvideō—
8Proto-Italicwidēōsee
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “bisa”

  • ipawalang-bisa
  • mabisa
  • walang bisa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →