Via

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late 18th century: from Latin, ablative of via ‘way, road’.

wiktionary

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Borrowed from Latin via(“road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.

Borrowed from Latin viā(“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via(“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

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via (prep.)

1779, from Latin via "by way of," ablative form of via "way, road, path, highway, channel, course" (from PIE root *wegh- "to go, move, transport in a vehicle," which is also the source of English way (n.)).