Why 'visit' and 'evidence' share one root

Where the picture shows up in vis/vid

1. 1

   Going to see with your own eyes

   Please visit the clinic on Monday morning.

   pliːz ˈvɪzɪt ðə ˈklɪnɪk ɒn ˈmʌndeɪ ˈmɔːrnɪŋ

   Come into the clinic on Monday morning.

   Walking through a door and standing the person right in front of your own eyes.

2. 2

   Pulled onto a screen in front of you

   Can you see me on the video call?

   kæn juː siː miː ɒn ðə ˈvɪdioʊ kɔːl

   Can you see me on the video call?

   A face far away surfacing on a small screen, dragged close enough to look at.

3. 3

   A trace the eye can check

   There is no evidence of water damage.

   ðɛr ɪz noʊ ˈɛvɪdəns əv ˈwɔːtər ˈdæmɪdʒ

   There is no sign of a water leak.

   A hidden stain pulled out into the open where everybody's eyes can land on it.

   e- means out: what has been brought out to be seen is evidence.

4. 4

   Watching from above

   Ask your supervisor before you leave early.

   æsk jʊr ˈsuːpərvaɪzər bɪˈfɔːr juː liːv ˈɜːrli

   Tell your supervisor before you leave early.

   One person looking down so the whole work floor fits inside their field of view.

   super- means above — the one who sees from above supervises.

5. 5

   Out in the open enough to catch the eye

   The scratch is barely visible in this light.

   ðə skrætʃ ɪz ˈbɛrli ˈvɪzəbl ɪn ðɪs laɪt

   The scratch hardly shows in this light.

   A thin scratch catching the light, right at the edge of what the eye can pick up.