Visage
/ˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/noun
A person's face or facial expression.
Did you know?Visage comes through Old French from Latin *visus* (“sight” or “the act of seeing”), tied to the same root that gave English words like vision and visible—so the word for your face is secretly rooted in looking.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weyd-
“to see, know”
Latin
Latin
vidēre
“to see”
Latin
Latin
vīsus
“sight; the act of seeing”
Old French
Old French
visage
“face; countenance”
Middle English
English
visage
“face; appearance of the face”
Modern English
English
visage
“face or facial expression”