via.
A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
Meaning & usage
A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
An electrical connection which connects two or more layers on a printed circuit board or an integrated circuit.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Possible doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.
By way of; passing through.
They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.
You can enter the building via the western gate.
By (means of); using.
I'll send you the information via e-mail.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).
Away! Be off!
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).
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