English
convey
Convey comes from Old French conveier ‘to escort (someone)’, from Latin via ‘way’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to pursue, be strong’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-‘to pursue, be strong’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wih₁eh₂-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiā‘road’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvia‘way’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*convioreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400conveier‘to escort (someone)’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conveien
- Englishearliest quotation 1592convey
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-‘to pursue, be strong’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wih₁eh₂-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wiā‘road’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvia‘way’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*convioreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400conveier‘to escort (someone)’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conveien
- Englishearliest quotation 1592convey
Earliest quotation: 1592, Robert Greene: “Suppose you are good at the lift, who be…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to pursue, be strong’
violent, virtual, inevitable, violation, virtue, violate, vengeance, vis, virtuous, avenge, virtuoso, wer, vindication, ochre, vim, virile, venison, virility, violator, inviolable, virago, 54 more
through Latin via ‘way’
via, previous, obvious, voyage, trivial, trivia, deviation, envoy, deviant, viaduct, trivium, obviate, 14 more
through Vulgar Latin *convio
Today it means
verb To move (something) from one place to another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- / convey