Where does “via” come from?

via (Romanian) comes from Romanian vie, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

via (Romanian): via, by; to have life; to live, exist; to endure

Definitions

  1. via, by; to have life; to live, exist; to endure

Ancestry of “via”, step by step

via traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian vie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvievineyard; vine; nominative feminine singular of...
2Latinvīvere—
3Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via Latin viā

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

Words derived from “via”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti →