Where does “voravia” come from?

voravia (Catalan) comes from Catalan via, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

voravia (Catalan): sidewalk / pavement

Definitions

  1. sidewalk / pavement

Ancestry of “voravia”, step by step

voravia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan via

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvialane; way, path; railway track
2Latinviāroad, street, path
3Proto-Italic*wiāroad
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Catalan vora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvoraedge; bank, shore; hem
2Catalan-an; -ane
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁-