English
sightseeing
From sight + seeing.
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to see’
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Proto-West Germanic *sehwan ‘to see’
Proto-West Germanic *sihti ‘seeing’
Old English sihþ ‘something seen’
Middle English sighte
English sight
Today it means
noun The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / sightseeing