Etymology

via ferrata

Today it means: A protected climbing route, usually with iron cables and hooks. Full definition →

Italian via ferrata
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromvia ferrata
  2. English todayvia ferrata

Unadapted borrowing from Italian via ferrata (literally “iron road”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.