Etymograph

English

visite

Visite comes from French visiter ‘to visit (a place)’, from Proto-Italic *weidsō ‘to go to see, intend to see’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydseti‘to want to see’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weidsō‘to go to see, intend to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsō
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsitōas vīsitāre‘to visit’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600visiter‘to visit’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to visit (a place)’
  8. French, derivedc. 1600–presentvisite
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydseti‘to want to see’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weidsō‘to go to see, intend to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsō
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsitōas vīsitāre‘to visit’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600visiter‘to visit’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to visit (a place)’
  8. French, derivedc. 1600–presentvisite
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

story, guy, idea, video, evidence, provide, review, guide, advice, interview, witness, historic, wise, wisdom, idol, wizard, vision, evident, historian, wit, advise, invisible, visa, prudent, witty, tabloid, guise, vista, steroid, visibility, prudence, revue, envious, druid, voyeur, improvise, purview, vide, purveyor, hypothyroidism, 118 more

through Latin vīsō

revise, avis, 4 more

Today it means

noun A light cape or short cloak made of silk or lace, formerly worn by women in summer.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / visite

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