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Origin and history of voyage

voyage(n.)

c. 1300, viage, "a journey by land or sea," a pilgrimage, embassy, military expedition, also figuratively, of a spiritual journey; from Old French voiage "travel, journey, movement, course, errand, mission, crusade" (12c., Modern French voyage), from Late Latin viaticum "a journey" (source also of Spanish viaje, Italian viaggio), in classical Latin "provisions for a journey," noun use of neuter of viaticus "of or for a journey," from via "road, journey, travel" (see via).

Later (post-Middle English) especially or exclusively "a passage by sea or water from point to point." Figuratively, of human life, etc., late 14c.

voyage(v.)

late 15c., viagen, "take a journey; carry out an enterprise;" from Old French voyager, from voiage (see voyage (n.)). By c. 1600 especially "take a journey over water." Related: Voyaged; voyaging.

also from late 15c.

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via(prep.)

"by way of, by the road which passes through," 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.)).

bon voyage

1670s, French, "pleasant journey," from bon "good," (see bon) + voyage (see voyage (n.)).

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"piece of shaped cloth spread so as to catch the wind and cause a vessel to move in water," Old English segl "sail, veil, curtain," from Proto-Germanic *seglom (source also of Old Saxon, Swedish segel, Old Norse segl, Old Frisian seil, Dutch zeil, Old High German segal, German Se
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late 14c., "to journey," from travailen (1300) "to make a journey," originally "to toil, labor" (see travail). The semantic development may have been via the notion of "go on a difficult journey," but it also may reflect the difficulty of any journey in the Middle Ages. Replaced
crossing
mid-15c., "a making of the sign of a cross;" 1530s, "a marking with a cross," verbal noun from cross (v.). From early 15c. as "place or action of passing across;" 1630s as "place where (a river, a road, etc.) is crossed;" from 1690s as "intersection" (originally of streets). Mean
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c. 1200, "a defined course of traveling; one's path in life," from Old French journée "a day's length; day's work or travel" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *diurnum "day," noun use of neuter of Latin diurnus "of one day" (from dies "day," from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine"). The French f

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