via.
a way; a path
Meaning & usage
a way; a path
gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)
medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
an example of a document
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese via, from Latin via, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-.
via (by way of; passing through)
via (by means of; using a medium)
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin viā (“by way of”).
via (road built by the ancient Romans)
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin viā (“by way of”).
first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver
Where this word comes from
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