Etymology

voyager

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Today it means: A person who voyages, traveller, a person who explores new lands and worlds. Full definition →

English voyage ← Middle English viage ← Anglo-Norman viage
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
  2. Proto-Italic*wiā
  3. Latinvia
  4. Latinviāticus
  5. Latinviāticum
  6. Anglo-Normanviage
  7. Middle Englishviage
  8. Englishvoyage
  9. English todayvoyager

From voyage + -er.

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