English
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Via comes from Latin viā ‘by the way (of)’, ablative of via ‘way, road’, from PIE *weǵʰ- ‘to carry, bring’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to carry, bring’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvia‘way, road’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEviā‘by the way (of)’
- Englishtodayvia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to carry, bring’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvia‘way, road’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEviā‘by the way (of)’
- Englishtodayvia
The story
Borrowed from Latin via (‘road’), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring’
way, always, vehicle, wave, reveal, halfway, vector, weigh, wagon, wee, vein, vogue, veil, wedge, headway, wag, venous, vex, wonky, eunuch, vena, wey, invective, waw, wain, velar, 40 more
through Latin via ‘road’
previous, obvious, voyage, convey, envoy, trivial, deviation, trivia, deviant, viaduct, trivium, obviate, 14 more
Another origin of via
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-‘to bring’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEviā‘by the way (of)’
- Englishtodayvia
Today it means
noun A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- / via