vid/vis

see

Spelled vid, vis · videre 'to see'

Latin videre, to see: vision is seeing, revise means seeing again, and supervise means watching from above.

Words built from it

vision — the ability to see, or a mental image of the future
vis (see) + -ion
visible — able to be seen
vis (see) + -ible (able to be)
visualize — to form a mental image of
vis (see) + -ual + -ize (to make)
revise — to look over and change or correct
re- (again) + vis (see)
advise — to give guidance or recommendations
ad- (toward) + vis (see)
evident — clearly seen or understood, obvious
e- (out; form of ex-) + vid (see) + -ent
supervise — to oversee and direct work
super- (over) + vis (see)

devise — from Latin dividere 'to divide' by way of Old French deviser, not from videre 'to see'