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Others, however, link Latin via to Indo-European * wei - ` to go after something 'or associate it with Latin vis, vim ` force.'— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
In English, the Latin word via is used to mean ` by way of, 'but via shows up in other English loanwords, like VIADUCT ` a bridge carrying a road over a valley or other low-lying area'— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
Latin via ` way 'changed to French voy -, or more correctly, to French voie ` way.'— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
[from Latin via ` road '+ ductus ` a leading'] (by analogy with aqueduct, from Latin aquaeductus ` an elevated structure for supporting a water conduit over low-lying ground ') and VIATICUM— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
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