preposition/vy/
given (based on)
“Vu le nombre de personnes ici, il vaut mieux partir !” — Given the number of people here, we're better off leaving!
Related: au vu de, au vu et au su de, vu que
Past participle of voir. Inherited from Old French veü, from earlier vedüt, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *vidūtus in place of Latin vīsus. Compare Italian veduto, Romanian văzut.