via

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) road, street, path
2. (declension-1, feminine) highway
3. (declension-1, feminine) way, method, manner, mode
4. (declension-1, feminine) the right way
5. (declension-1, feminine, figuratively) journey, course, route

Concepts

road

🛣️

way

route

path

🛣️

street

method

highway

manner

course

mode

trip

channel

trajectory

journey

track

canal

passage

lane

voyage

line

means

motorway

🛣️

pathway

pike

roadway

road way

routing

run

sidewalk

step

style

superhighway

technique

thoroughfare

throughway

thruway

tool

turnpike

via

walk

🚶

motor road

public road

state highway

super highway

busway

Wicca

data track

action

road path

aid

Opposite of

sēmita

Synonyms

iter

viae

vicus

platea

strata

disciplina

methodus

callis

🛣️

strāta

semĭta

perigrinatio

iter itineris

Translations

strada

🛣️

Weg

🛣️

Straße

camino

route

🛣️

estrada

🛣️

δρόμος

via

straat

caminho

🛣️

calle

weg

yol

🛣️

οδός

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwi.a]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wijā, from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁eh₂-, from *weyh₁- (“to pursue, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian vyti (“to pursue”). See also vīs, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰyeh₂-, from *weǵʰ- (whence vehō and English way). This hypothesis is rejected by De Vaan.