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Where does “invio” come from?

invio (Italian) comes from Italian inviare, 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.

invio (Italian): sending, dispatch, delivery; enter; first-person...

Definitions

  1. sending, dispatch, delivery; enter; first-person...

Ancestry of “invio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianinviareto send out, to dispatch, to forward, to ship
2Late Latininviare—
3Latinviā—
4Proto-Italic*wiā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
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