English
vista
Vista comes from Italian vista ‘view, sight’, from vedere ‘to see’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideōas vidēre‘to see’
- Italianc. 1300–presentvedere‘to see’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentvistopast participle of vedere
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentvista‘view, sight’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideōas vidēre‘to see’
- Italianc. 1300–presentvedere‘to see’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentvistopast participle of vedere
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentvista‘view, sight’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834same form
Earliest quotation: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Richard Bentley: “The sun soon broke forth from that one dark…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
guy, idea, story, guide, advice, witness, wise, historic, wisdom, wit, idol, wizard, witty, advise, historian, guise, steroid, revue, tabloid, druid, envious, visitation, twit, envision, improvise, hypothyroidism, idyll, witter, parathyroid, trapezoid, hyoid, avis, hyperthyroidism, colloid, weet, sigmoid, thyroxine, thyroiditis, visite, 91 more
through Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’
provision, providence, revision, prudential, jurisprudence, invisibility, provident, evidential, 14 more
through Latin videō ‘to see’
video, evidence, provide, review, interview, visit, vision, evident, invisible, visa, visibility, prudent, prudence, revise, voyeur, purview, vide, purveyor, proviso, invidious, 18 more
through Italian vedere ‘to see’
Today it means
noun A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / vista