Where does “e-envoy” come from?
e-envoy (English) comes from English envoy, from French envoyé, from French envoyer, from Old French enveier, from Latin inviāre, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
e-envoy (English): The person in charge of the Office of the e-Envoy, which existed from 1999 to 2004 with the purpose of putting all government departments online
Definitions
- The person in charge of the Office of the e-Envoy, which existed from 1999 to 2004 with the purpose of putting all government departments online
Ancestry of “e-envoy”, step by step
e-envoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English envoy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | envoy | a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in... |
| 2 | French | envoyé | past participle of envoyer; envoy; messenger |
| 3 | French | envoyer | to send; to gulp down with relish |
| 4 | Old French | enveier | Alternative form of envoiier |
| 5 | Latin | inviāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | viā | road, street, path |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *wiā | road |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁eh₂- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |