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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *weyd-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwiː.soː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈviː.s̬o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīsō''' (present infinitive vīsere, perfect active vīsī, supine vīsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[itc-pro|*weidsō]], from [[ine-pro|*wéydseti]], an s-desiderative of the root [[ine-pro|*weyd-|t=to see]] of [[videō]] “to see”.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus often writes ⟨viss-⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus, of going to look and of visiting.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to go and look, later simply to look, and to go and see whether something is so, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) It meant to go and call on someone, especially the sick, as in Terence, to go and look at, view, as Plautus' wedding games and Cicero's sightseeing, and in the passive to be on view.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to inspect, as in Cato, and to visit a place or person.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to see, behold, contemplate.^(Stelten 1995) Its frequentative [[vīsitō]] gave Old French ''visiter'', whence [[en|visit]] in the early 13th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of going to look and visiting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of inspecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of visiting the sick.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 13th century – English ''visit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To go and look; to look.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To go and see, view; to inspect.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|visit]] (a place or person); to call on.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[convīsō]]

+ * [[invīsō]]

+ * [[revīsō]]

+ * [[vīsitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[advīsor]]

+ * [[videō]]

+ * [[vīsus]]

+ * [[en|visit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}