DictionaryRoot: videre
Latin

videre

see

Forms

  • vid-
  • vis- — Latin stem associated with the form meaning ‘seen.’

Origin

Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *weid-, ‘see.’

Note

Seeing supplied a widespread metaphor for knowing and understanding.

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A compact theater revue ensemble performs on a low stage fragment: a singer holding a plain handheld microphone, a dancer in a lively but anatomically realistic step, and a comic performer reacting to a comically oversized empty hat.
noun

revue

rih-VYOO/rɪˈvjuː/

A stage show combining songs, dances, and short comic scenes.

Etymology

“Seeing again” became a survey or review: a revue originally presented a review of current events onstage. The name then broadened to musical entertainment made up of separate scenes.

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