English
envision
Envision comes from Latin vīsiō ‘a thing or sight seen’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widtós‘seen’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wissosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsus‘having been seen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsiōas visionem‘a thing or sight seen’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017envision
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widtós‘seen’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wissosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsus‘having been seen’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsiōas visionem‘a thing or sight seen’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017envision
Earliest quotation: 2017, Tom Breihan, Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ev: “Miller famously tried to use as little CGI as…”
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
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Latin vīsiō ‘vision’
Old French vision
Anglo-Norman visioun
Middle English visioun ‘a vision’
English vision
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
story, guy, idea, video, provide, review, evidence, guide, interview, witness, visit, historic, wise, wisdom, wit, idol, wizard, historian, visa, evident, witty, invisible, provision, steroid, visibility, vista, guise, tabloid, prudent, revise, revue, druid, revision, prudence, twit, vide, voyeur, purview, hypothyroidism, purveyor, 117 more
through Latin vīsus ‘having been seen’
Today it means
verb To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / envision