Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Possible doublet of way.
The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.
Meanings
A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
An electrical connection which connects two or more layers on a printed circuit board or an integrated circuit.
Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).
Meanings
By way of; passing through.
You can enter the building via the western gate.
They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.
By (means of); using.
Under the assumptions of Proposition 5 the entropies h(τ) and H(k) are related via the following equation: […] 2005, “Capacity Bounds For MIMO Poisson Channels With Intersymbol Interference, Appendix C”, in Enrico Forestieri, editor, Optical Communication Theory and Techniques, →ISBN, page 44:
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone. 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week. 2017 February 10, Rosie Gray, “Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2020:
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ru по (by (means of); using (a medium)) · he דֶּרֶךְ (by way of) · id melalui (by way of) · ka დახმარებით (by (means of); using (a medium)) · nn via (by way of) · ba аша (by way of) · mk преку (by way of) · nb via (by way of) · sl via (by way of) · fr via (by way of) · it via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ka გავლით (by (means of); using (a medium)) · fi -itse (by (means of); using (a medium)) · sv via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ru посре́дством (by way of) · da langs (by way of) · ro prin (by (means of); using (a medium)) · eo per (by (means of); using (a medium)) · bg посредством (by (means of); using (a medium)) · da via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · da per (by (means of); using (a medium)) · nn via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ar بِـ (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ja …で (by (means of); using (a medium)) · nl via (by way of) · ca per mitjà (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ja …経由で (by way of) · ka -ით (by way of) · ca mitjançant (by (means of); using (a medium)) · et kaudu (by way of) · nl via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · sv över (by way of) · cmn 經由 /经由 (by way of) · cmn 通過 /通过 (by way of) · mk преку (by (means of); using (a medium)) · de über (by way of) · ka საშუალებით (by way of) · es mediante (by (means of); using (a medium)) · mi mā (by (means of); using (a medium)) · es vía (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ro via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ja …によって (by (means of); using (a medium)) · cmn 通過 /通过 (by (means of); using (a medium)) · pl drogą (by way of) · sv via (by way of) · cs pomocí (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ba аша (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ru че́рез (by (means of); using (a medium)) · pl przez (by way of) · da over (by way of) · de über (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ur بَراہ (by way of) · sv per (by (means of); using (a medium)) · gd taobh (by way of) · ka საშუალებით (by (means of); using (a medium)) · id lewat (by way of) · da via (by way of) · ru посре́дством (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ar عَن طَرِيق (by way of) · id via (by way of) · sv genom (by way of) · pl via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · pl via (by way of) · it per (by (means of); using (a medium)) · bg през (by way of) · es a través de (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ru сквозь (by way of) · da gennem (by way of) · mi mā (by way of) · pl przez (by (means of); using (a medium)) · de via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · de vermittels (by (means of); using (a medium)) · pl drogą (by (means of); using (a medium)) · de durch (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ms melalui (by way of) · fr via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · te వయా (by way of) · cs přes (by way of) · ru че́рез (by way of) · de via (by way of) · nl per (by (means of); using (a medium)) · pt via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · es por medio de (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ro via (by way of) · nb via (by (means of); using (a medium)) · nl langs (by way of) · pt via (by way of) · ru с по́мощью (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ar بِوَاسِطَة (by way of) · de mittels (by (means of); using (a medium)) · ja …経て (by way of) · sh preko (by way of) · de per (by (means of); using (a medium)) · fi kautta (by way of) · de durch (by way of) · fi kautta (by (means of); using (a medium)) · es vía (by way of) · ms melalui (by (means of); using (a medium)) · es por (by (means of); using (a medium)) · es por (by way of) · ru путём (by (means of); using (a medium)) · fi -lla (adessiivi) (by (means of); using (a medium))
Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).