English
invious
Invious comes from Latin invius ‘impassable, inaccessible, impenetrable’, from 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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvius‘impassable, inaccessible, impenetrable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1662invious
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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinvius‘impassable, inaccessible, impenetrable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1662invious
Earliest quotation: 1662, [The First Part of Hudibras]: “If nothing can oppugne love, And virtue invious ways…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to pursue, be strong’
virtual, violent, violation, inevitable, virtue, vengeance, violate, avenge, vis, venison, wer, virtuoso, ochre, virtuous, vindication, vim, virile, virility, violator, virago, 54 more
through Latin via ‘way’
via, previous, voyage, obvious, convey, trivial, trivia, envoy, deviation, deviant, viaduct, trivium, obviate, 13 more
Today it means
adj untrodden
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- / invious