French word visage comes from Latin -aticum, Latin visio (Seeing, sight, vision, view.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -aticum | Latin (lat) | Used to form nouns indicating a state of being resulting from an action.. Used to form nouns indicating pertinence to the root verb or noun. |
| visio | Latin (lat) | Seeing, sight, vision, view. |
| -age | Old French (fro) | Forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result of'. Forms nouns with the sense of 'state of being'. |
| vis | Old French (fro) | (anatomy) face. Opinion. |
| *visaticum | Latin (lat) | (Gallo-Romance) face. |
| visage | Old French (fro) | (anatomy) face. |
| visage | French (fr) | Face (anatomy). |