Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) · To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability. · Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) · To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).
A single act of visiting. · A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
From Middle English visiten, from Old French visiter, from Latin vīsitō, frequentative of vīsō (“behold, survey”), from videō (“see”). Cognate with Old Saxon wīsōn (“to visit, afflict”), archaic German weisen (“to visit, afflict”). Displaced native Old English sēċan (“to visit”) and sōcn (“a visit”). The noun is from French visite or the verb. Doublet of visite.
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This page abbreviates 4 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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