Where does “Lavoie” come from?

Lavoie (French) comes from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à — accusative masculine plural of -us.

Ancestry of “Lavoie”, step by step

Lavoie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French là

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlàthere; here, present
2Italianlàthere
3Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
4Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
5GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
6Germana-MollA-minor
7Hungarianathe; this; that
8Frenchàto; on the, to; at
9Englishavieemulously
10Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
11Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
12Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
13Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
14Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us

via French voie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoieway, track; lane; calling, path in life
2Old Frenchvoiepath; lane; route; trip; journey
3Latinviāroad, street, path
4Proto-Italic*wiāroad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “Lavoie”

Every word from Old Latin -os →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin invidus →