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 — you (plural).

via (Esperanto): your, yours

Definitions

  1. your, yours

Ancestry of “via”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoviyou; yourselves
2FrenchvousThe plural personal pronoun in the second person;...
3Middle Frenchvousyou; yourself
4Old Frenchvosyou; your; yourself
5Latinvōsyou, ye, you all
6Old Latinvōs—
7Proto-Italicwōsyou
8Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

Words derived from “via”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōs →Every word from Old Latin vōs →