Etymograph

English

farsee

From far + see.

A compound of far + see

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to cross, pass’

Proto-Indo-European *per-nóy

Proto-Germanic *ferrai

Old English feor

Middle English ferre

English far

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to see’

Proto-Germanic *sehwaną ‘to see’

Proto-West Germanic *sehwan ‘to see’

Old English sēon ‘to see’

Middle English seen ‘to observe’

English see

Today it means

verb To see at or from a distance.

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

Etymograph / farsee