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-1‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydseti1‘to want to see’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weidsō1‘to go to see, intend to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsō1
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsitō2as vīsitāre‘to visit’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600visiter2‘to visit’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentvisiter3‘to visit (a place)’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentvisite4
  9. Englishtodayvisite4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin visito
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French visiter
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French visite
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English visite

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-Wiktionary, Latin visito‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydsetiWiktionary, Latin visito‘to want to see’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*weidsōWiktionary, Latin visito‘to go to see, intend to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsōWiktionary, Latin visito
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsitōWiktionary, French visiteras vīsitāre‘to visit’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600visiterWiktionary, French visiter‘to visit’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentvisiterWiktionary, French visite‘to visit (a place)’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentvisiteWiktionary, English visite
  9. EnglishtodayvisiteWiktionary, English visite

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, 117 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “visite”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin visito, French visiter, French visite. 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- / visite

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