Pronounced: GAR-nih-chur, noun
Notes: I don’t think I know the word, but after reading the definition, I had a good idea of the origin of the word
Yesterday’s word
The word vidimus means
- an attested copy of a document
- an official inspection
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1400s
Background / Comments
If you remember the famous saying attributed to Julius Caesar (“veni, vidi, vici”), our word is related to the middle word of the three. Our word comes from the Latin word vidimus (we have seen), which is from the verb videre (to see). In case you’re interested, “vidi” is the first person singular perfect indicative active form of the verb.
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