Where does “traviare” come from?

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

traviare (Italian): to lead astray, lead someone down the garden path

Definitions

  1. to lead astray, lead someone down the garden path

Ancestry of “traviare”, step by step

traviare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian via

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianviaroad, street, path; way, route; means
2Latinviāroad, street, path
3Proto-Italic*wiāroad
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwih₁eh₂-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Italian tra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantrabetween; among; in
2Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
3Latininterus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
5Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “traviare”

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