"viz." meaning in English

See viz. in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /vɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viz..wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: From Medieval Latin viꝫ, from Latin vidēlicet (“that is to say, namely”), short for vidēre licet (“it is permitted to see or look (it is) legal”). The ‘z’ was originally not a letter but a common Middle Latin scribal abbreviation ꝫ that was used for -et, specifically a Tironian note. The symbol resembled ‘z’, or rather 3 and Ȝ, and hence is thus represented in type. Compare ⁊, the Tironian symbol for Latin et (“and”) (in isolation, not as suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|viꝫ}} Medieval Latin viꝫ, {{der|en|la|vidēlicet|t=that is to say, namely}} Latin vidēlicet (“that is to say, namely”), {{m|la|vidēre licet|t=it is permitted to see or look (it is) legal}} vidēre licet (“it is permitted to see or look (it is) legal”), {{m|la|-et}} -et, {{m|la|et||and}} et (“and”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} viz. (not comparable)
  1. Videlicet: namely, to wit, that is to say, specifically, as an illustration. Wikipedia link: scribal abbreviation Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: namely, specifically, vid., videl Related terms: Translations (abbreviation for namely): nl. (Dutch), d.w.z. (Dutch), t.t.z. (Dutch), nome (Esperanto), d.h. (German), näml. (German), ήτοι (ítoi) (Greek), δηλ. (dil.) (Greek), tudniillik (Hungarian), mégpedig (Hungarian), éspedig (Hungarian), úgymint (Hungarian), tj. (Polish), то́ есть (tó jestʹ) (Russian), а и́менно (a ímenno) (Russian), то јест [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), to jest [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), a saber (Spanish), concretamente (Spanish), d.v.s. (Swedish)

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