Went to see someone or went to a place for a stay, often for social reasons.
From Latin 'visitare,' meaning to go to see, from 'visere' 'to see.' The frequentative form suggests repeated visiting, and it entered English through Old French 'visiter.'
The word 'visit' originally meant 'to see' but expanded to include the whole experience of going somewhere—it's the same root as 'vision' and 'visual,' showing how 'going to see someone' became 'spending time with them.'
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