Where does “viatic” come from?

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

viatic (English): Of or pertaining to traveling or a journey

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to traveling or a journey

Ancestry of “viatic”, step by step

viatic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin viāticum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinviāticumtravelling-money; provision for a journey
2Latinviāroad, street, path
3Proto-Italic*wiāroad
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Latin viāticus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinviāticusPertaining to traveling or a journey
2Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “viatic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wiā →