Where does “voyage” come from?

voyage (French) comes from Old French voiage, 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.

voyage (French): trip, travel; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. trip, travel; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “voyage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvoiagejourney; voyage
2Latinviāticumtravelling-money; provision for a journey
3Latinviāroad, street, path
4Proto-Italic*wiāroad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “voyage”

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