English word advise comes from Old French (842-ca. 1400) a-, Latin visio (Seeing, sight, vision, view.), Old French (842-ca. 1400) viser ((Anglo-Norman) visor.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| a- | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | (by extension) indicating a change of state. Indicating movement towards something. Intensifying prefix. |
| visio | Latin (lat) | Seeing, sight, vision, view. |
| viser | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | (Anglo-Norman) visor. |
| *visaticum | Latin (lat) | (Gallo-Romance) face. |
| viz | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| avis | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Opinion. |
| aviser | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | To advise; to counsel. To pay attention to. To recognize. |
| avisen | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | To consider, review. |
| advise | English (en) | (intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.. (obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.. (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed.. (transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated. |