Etymology

convey

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Today it means: To move (something) from one place to another. Full definition →

Middle English conveien ← Old French conveier ← Vulgar Latin *convio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvia“way”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*convio
  3. Old French · derived fromconveier
  4. Middle English · inherited fromconveien
  5. English todayconvey

From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy.

Words from the same roots

Vulgar Latin*convio all →

convoy

Latinvia all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.