Where does “walang bisa” come from?
walang bisa (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.
walang bisa (Tagalog): void; not having any effect; ineffectual
Definitions
- void; not having any effect; ineffectual
Ancestry of “walang bisa”, step by step
walang bisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog bisa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | bisa | efficacy; potency |
| 2 | Kapampangan | bisa | want; like; crave; fond |
| 3 | Spanish | visa | visa |
| 4 | French | visa | a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of... |
| 5 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 6 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 7 | Latin | vīsō | to look at, look into, stare at, view |
| 8 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |