Where does “envoyer” come from?
envoyer (Middle French) comes 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.
envoyer (Middle French): to send
Ancestry of “envoyer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | inviare | — |
| 2 | Latin | viā | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wiā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wih₁eh₂- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
Words derived from “envoyer”