Etymograph

English

Vise

Vise comes from Old French deviser ‘to split, divide’, from Latin *vidō ‘to separate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to divide’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁weydʰh₁-‘to divide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiðōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*vidō‘to separate’reconstructed
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvidō‘to divide’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvīsumsupine of dīvidō
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dēvīsārereconstructed
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400deviser‘to split, divide’
  8. EnglishtodayVise

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁weydʰh₁-‘to divide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiðōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*vidō‘to separate’reconstructed
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvidō‘to divide’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīvīsumsupine of dīvidō
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dēvīsārereconstructed
  7. Old Frenchc. 842–1400deviser‘to split, divide’
  8. EnglishtodayVise

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to divide’

wide, wood, widow, fid, 12 more

through Latin *vidō ‘to separate’

dividend, 8 more

through Latin dīvidō ‘to divide’

individual, division, device, divide, divisible, 7 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- / Vise

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