visage

Old French

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) face

Etymology

Suffix from Old French vis (face) inherited from Latin *visāticum, visus (sight, a look, having been seen, vision).

Origin

Latin

visus

Gloss

sight, a look, having been seen, vision

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