Where does “enviar” come from?

enviar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese enviar, from Late Latin inviare, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

enviar (Galician): to send; to swallow; to gulp

Definitions

  1. to send; to swallow; to gulp

Ancestry of “enviar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseenviar—
2Late Latininviare—
3Latinviāroad, street, path
4Proto-Italic*wiāroad
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wiā →