myEtymology.com: English etymology of envisage

Etymology of the English word envisage

the English word envisage

derived from the French word envisager

derived from the French word en-

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Old French word panne

derived from the Old French word penne

derived from the Latin word penna (feather; pinna, feather; feather; feather, wing)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pet-

derived from the Classical Latin word pinna (feather; feather; wing; fin; lobe)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pet-

derived from the Latin word patena

derived from the Greek word pathne

derived from the Greek word phatne, φάτνη (a crib (for fodder))

derived from the French word panna

using the French suffix -on

derived from the French word électron

derived from the English word electron

using the English suffix -on

derived from the English word electric

derived from the Latin word electricus (electric)

derived from the Latin word electrum (electrum; amber; electron)

derived from the Greek word elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)

derived from the Old French word visage

derived from the Old French word vis

derived from the Late Latin word vitis (vine; grape vine)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wei-

derived from the Classical Latin word visus (look, sight, appearance)

derived from the Late Latin word dividere

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

derived from the Late Latin word videre (see, look at; consider)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weid-

The earliest known usage of envisage in English dates from the 19th century.

Word found in Modern English