visit English · revision 2622

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1200 (Ancrene Riwle)|origins=la vidēre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈvɪz.ɪt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|visiten]], [[bor|fro|visiter|t=to visit; to inspect; to afflict]] and directly [[bor|la|vīsitāre|t=to go to see, come to inspect]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) a frequentative of [[m|la|vīsere|t=to look at, go to see]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) from vīs-, the past participle stem of [[m|la|vidēre|t=to see]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*weyd-|alt=*weid-|t=to see]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) the root also of [[wit]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) The SOED notes that the early senses follow those of Late Latin visitāre in the Vulgate.^(SOED 2002) The noun comes from the verb, and partly from French visite.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ “To come to a person to comfort or benefit them”, originally often of God: probably before 1200, in the ''Ancrene Riwle'',^(Barnhart 1988) or the early 13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “To go to see a person in distress or illness” is from about 1250,^(Barnhart 1988) and “to call on socially” from before 1300.^(Barnhart 1988) The general sense “to come or go to see” is from the mid-13th century,^(Etymonline) and visiting a place for pleasure or business from about 1400.^(Barnhart 1988) “To come upon, afflict”, as of sickness or punishment, is from 1424,^(Barnhart 1988) and Hoad gives the 14th century.^(Hoad 1986) The noun, a friendly or formal call, is from 1621,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MW Collegiate) ''pay a visit'' from the 1650s,^(Etymonline) a doctor's professional call from 1719,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) a sightseeing trip from 1800,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and a visit to a doctor or dentist from 1884.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The noun ''visiting'' is older in this sense, from the early 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1200 – to come to comfort.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1250 – to visit the sick.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * before 1300 – to call on socially.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1400 – to visit a place.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1424 – to afflict.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1621 – noun, a call.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1719 – a doctor's visit.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1800 – a sightseeing trip.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go to see a person or place for social, business or other reasons.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # To stay with as a guest.^(AHD)

+ # To come upon or [[afflict]]: ''visited by plague''.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # An act of visiting; a stay or call.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A professional call, as by a doctor.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A trip to a place: ''a visit to Rome''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intervisit]]

+ * [[previsit]]

+ * [[visitable]]

+ * [[visitation]]

+ * [[visitor]]

+ * [[state visit]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[unvisited]]

+ * [[vision]]

+ * [[video]]

+ * [[view]]

+ * [[wit]]

+ * [[advise]]

+ * [[revise]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}