English
view
View comes from Middle English vewe ‘an inspection, checkup, or examination,…’, and goes back to Old French veue.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400veue
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400vewe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘an inspection’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1602view
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400veue
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400vewe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘an inspection’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1602view
Earliest quotation: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida: “I have with exact view perused thee, Hector.”
Every English word from Old French veue
Today it means
noun The act of seeing or looking at something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French veue / view