Where does “bivio” come from?

bivio (Italian) comes from Latin bivium, from Latin bivius, from Latin viā, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European wih₁eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

bivio (Italian): fork (in the road)

Definitions

  1. fork (in the road)

Ancestry of “bivio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbiviumA place with or where two ways meet; fork in the...
2Latinbiviustwo-way; having two approaches
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 →