English
viâ
Viâ comes from Latin viā ‘way, road’, and goes back to 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 CEviā‘way, road’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886viâ
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 CEviā‘way, road’
- Englishearliest quotation 1886viâ
Earliest quotation: 1886, : Comte De Paris, The Battle of Gettysburg: “Stahel's calvary division moved from Warrington, viâ Gainesville, to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to pursue, be strong’
violent, virtual, violation, inevitable, vengeance, virtue, violate, avenge, virtuous, venison, wer, vis, vindication, ochre, virtuoso, virile, virility, inviolable, vim, violator, virago, 53 more
through Latin viā ‘way, road’
previous, via, obvious, voyage, convey, envoy, trivial, deviation, trivia, deviant, viaduct, trivium, obviate, 13 more
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.