Where does “mabisa” come from?

mabisa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bisa, from Kapampangan bisa, from Spanish visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō — to see.

mabisa (Tagalog): effective; efficacious

Definitions

  1. effective; efficacious

Ancestry of “mabisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbisaefficacy; potency
2Kapampanganbisawant; like; crave; fond
3Spanishvisavisa
4Frenchvisaa mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...
5Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
6Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
7Latinvīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view
8Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
9Proto-Italicwidēōsee
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-