Words with the root vid/vis
vid/vis means “see”, from Latinvidere.
15 examples of the root “vid/vis”
- videoeoI see; moving visual display
- visititgo to see someone
- visionionact or power of seeing
- visibleibleable to be seen
- vistaaa seen scenic view
- visualualrelating to seeing
- evidente+entclearly seen; obvious
- providepro+esee ahead; supply needs
- evidencee+encethings clearly seen; proof
- supervisesuper+eoversee from above
- invisiblein+iblenot able to be seen
- envisionen+ionpicture or see in mind
- televisiontele+ionseeing images from afar
- improviseim+pro+eact without seeing ahead
- visualizeual+izeform a mental picture of
How vid/vis works
The root appears as 'vid' before consonants (video, evident) and 'vis' before vowels or in derived forms (vision, visible), and it typically produces nouns (vision, vision), adjectives (visible, visual), and verbs (visit, supervise). The prefix 'in-' meaning 'not' assimilates to 'im-' before 'p' as in 'improvise' (im- + pro- + vis).
Watch out: The word 'avid' (meaning eager) comes from Latin 'avidus' meaning greedy, not from 'videre,' despite its ending.
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Other Greek and Latin roots
- port · carry
- duct · lead
- scrib/script · write
- dict · say
- aud · hear
- rupt · break
- mit/miss · send
- vert/vers · turn
- ped · foot
- man/manu · hand
- spec/spect · look
- cap/cept · take
- pos/pon · place
- fac/fact · make
- voc/vok · voice
- terr · earth
- aqua · water
- luc/lum · light
- nov · new
- temp · time
- mort · death
- gram/graph · write
- log/logy · word
- phon · sound
- bio · life
- chron · time
- geo · earth
- path · feeling
- hydr · water
- scope · look at
- therm · heat
- psych · mind
- auto · self
- tele · far
- micro · small
Questions people ask
What does the root “vid/vis” mean?
vid/vis means “see”. It comes from Latin (videre). The root appears as 'vid' before consonants (video, evident) and 'vis' before vowels or in derived forms (vision, visible), and it typically produces nouns (vision, vision), adjectives (visible, visual), and verbs (visit, supervise). The prefix 'in-' meaning 'not' assimilates to 'im-' before 'p' as in 'improvise' (im- + pro- + vis).
What are some examples of words with the root “vid/vis”?
video, visit, vision, visible, vista, visual, evident, provide. The full list of 15 examples, with what each one literally means, is above.
Which words look like they have the root “vid/vis” but don’t?
The word 'avid' (meaning eager) comes from Latin 'avidus' meaning greedy, not from 'videre,' despite its ending.
What is a root word?
A root is the core of a word that carries its main meaning. Many English roots come from Latin or Greek and cannot stand alone, like port (“carry”) in transport and portable.