What is the Latin word for visit?

The usual Latin words for “visit” are salūtātiō, s, vīsō; also invīsō, vīsitō, adeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“visit” in Latin

salūtātiōa greeting, salutation; a ceremonial visit by a client to his patron sA letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /s/.vīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view; to go to see, visit, call upon invīsōto visit; to look after or watch over vīsitōto see; to go to see; to visit; to send adeōto approach, go to; to attend (a performance); to undertake, undergo conveniōto convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together; to accost, to call on; to sue, to let be summoned to court salūtōto preserve, keep safe; to greet, salute; to pay respects intervīsōto look at; to visit obeōto go towards, go to meet; to oppose, face; to arrive at, reach, come to; to undertake a task, take charge of, take part

The English word visit itself goes back to Latin videō, through vīsitō.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

visit s.

salutatio: salutationis officium. To make a visit [Vid. VISIT, v.] : to put off a visit, visendi curam differre (Tac.): your visit will be agreeable to us all, carus omnibus exspectatusque venies: I liked my visit at Talna’s, fui libenter apud Talnam (Cic.). SYN. in CALL, s.

visit v.

visere: alicujus visendi causa venire: invisere: visitare: adire: convenire: salutare: salutatum or salutandi causa ad aliquem venire, ad aliquem salutandum venire. [SYN. in Call = Visit.] To visit from time to time, intervisere: to visit a place (to stay there, or on business), obire; venire ad; adire; visere: to visit frequently or regularly, frequentare: to visit anybody frequently, alicujus domum frequentare; celebrare (celebrare, of thronging it); frequenter, or multum, or frequentem ad aliquem ventitare: to visit a sick person, aegrotum visere; aegrotum visitare: to visit one’s patients, aegrotos perambulare: to visit one’s country houses, obire villas suas: much visited (of places), frequens; celeber: to visit (for inspection, etc.), spectare (Bauer): to visit the several stations, circumire stationes (Vid: Herzog ad Caes., B.G., 5, 1).

Visit with = inflict, Vid: To visit with punishment, animadvertere (to censure): vindicare (to satisfy justice for a crime): persequi (to follow up with punishment). To visit with a heavy punishment, gravius aliquid statuere in aliquem.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for visit?: The usual Latin words for “visit” are salūtātiō, s, vīsō; also invīsō, vīsitō, adeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.