Etymology

visne

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Today it means: neighborhood; vicinity; venue Full definition →

Old French visné ← Vulgar Latin *vīcīnātus ← Latin vīcīnus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvīcīnus“neighboring, a neighbor”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*vīcīnātus
  3. Old French · derived fromvisné
  4. English todayvisne

From Old French visné, veisiné, visnet (“neighborhood”), from Vulgar Latin *vīcīnātus, from Latin vīcīnus (“neighboring, a neighbor”). See vicinity.

Words from the same roots

Latinvīcīnus all →

vicine

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