Where does “via” come from?
via (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vi, from French vous, from Middle French vous, from Old French vos, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.
via (Esperanto): your, yours
Ancestry of “via”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | vi | you; yourselves |
| 2 | French | vous | The plural personal pronoun in the second person;... |
| 3 | Middle French | vous | you; yourself |
| 4 | Old French | vos | you; your; yourself |
| 5 | Latin | vōs | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | vōs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wōs | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |