Etymograph

English

vide

Vide comes from Latin vidē ‘see (thou)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-1‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō2‘to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō3‘to see’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvidē3‘see (thou)’second-person singular imperative of videō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1968vide3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *widēō
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin video, which cites LIV
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English vide
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1968, Royal Commission on Pilotage, Canada: Queen's Printer: “(For comments, vide page 151).”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-Wiktionary, Proto-Italic *widēō‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetiWiktionary, Proto-Italic *widēōreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēōWiktionary, Latin video, which cites LIV‘to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideōWiktionary, English vide‘to see’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvidēWiktionary, English vide‘see (thou)’second-person singular imperative of videō
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1968videWiktionary, English vide. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1968, Royal Commission on Pilotage, Canada: Queen's Printer: “(For comments, vide page 151).”

Linked words

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

story, guy, advice, idea, witness, wise, historic, wisdom, guide, wit, wizard, historian, advise, witty, idol, guise, visitation, revue, steroid, tabloid, envious, envision, improvise, twit, druid, hypothyroidism, avis, witter, hyperthyroidism, parathyroid, weet, idyll, trapezoid, thyroxine, colloid, hyoid, thyroiditis, sigmoid, visite, 92 more

through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’

provision, revision, prudential, invisibility, vada, evidential, providential, 15 more

through Latin videō ‘to see’

review, visit, interview, evidence, vision, invisible, visa, visibility, vista, providence, evident, revise, prudent, jurisprudence, prudence, voyeur, purview, purveyor, proviso, provident, invidious, 17 more

Today it means

verb A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis; see; consult; refer to.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “vide”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Italic *widēō, Latin video. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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