Where does “envoi” come from?

envoi (French) comes from French envoyer, from Old French enveier, from Latin inviāre, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

envoi (French): dispatch, sending act of sending; shipping

Definitions

  1. dispatch, sending act of sending; shipping

Ancestry of “envoi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchenvoyerto send; to gulp down with relish
2Old FrenchenveierAlternative form of envoiier
3Latininviāre—
4Latinviāroad, street, path
5Proto-Italic*wiāroad
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “envoi”

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