English
visualize
From visual + -ize (suffix forming verbs denoting the doing or making of what is denoted by the adjectives or nouns to which it is attached).
Formed from visual + -ize
Latin videō ‘to see’
Latin vīsus ‘seen; sight’
Late Latin vīsuālis ‘of sight’
French visuel
Middle English visual
English visual
Today it means
verb To perceive (something) visually; to see.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “visualize”. 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 / visualize