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voyage
In Spanish "I go" is voy, although the infinitive "to go" is "ir". I am wondering if this is a pickup from Latin "via" and eventually our voyage.
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Re: voyage
More directly, voyage comes from viaticum, but viaticum does come from via. We'll need to find a resource on Spanish etymology for the rest. That is beyond my ken.
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Re: voy
Apparently the Spanish "voy" is derived from the Latin "vado" (I go):
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ir#Spanish
It seems from the Wiktionary entries that "voy" and "via" are not etymologically related.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ir#Spanish
It seems from the Wiktionary entries that "voy" and "via" are not etymologically related.
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Re: voyage
The infinitive is ir, and it's radically irregular all the way through its conjugation.
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Re: voyage
Of all the Spanish "go" conjugations, I particularly like "vamose". Then there is the famous Latin phrase, "Quo Vadis?" It should give everyone pause to think.
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