voyage English · revision 15232

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1297|origins=la via}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈvɔɪ.ɪd͡ʒ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|viage]], [[bor|fro|veiage|t=travel, journey]] (also voiage, vayage),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la-lat|viāticum|t=a journey]], in classical Latin provisions or money for a journey,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) the noun use of the neuter of [[m|la|viāticus|t=of a journey]], from [[m|la|via|t=road, journey]] (see [[via]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The same Latin word gave [[es|viaje]] and [[it|viaggio]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A journey by land or sea: viage probably before 1300 in Barnhart, about 1300 in Etymonline;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the OED's earliest quotations, from 1297, are for phrases like ''to make a voyage'' and for a military expedition.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle English it meant a pilgrimage, an embassy, a military expedition, and figuratively a spiritual journey or human life.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) After the Middle English period it came to mean especially or only a journey by water;^(Etymonline)^(Trench 1859) Trench notes that all journeys, by land or water, were once voyages.^(Trench 1859) The spelling voyage is first recorded in 1527, probably after the verb,^(Barnhart 1988) which is from the late 15th century and especially for travel over water by about 1600.^(Etymonline) A journey through space is a modern use.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1297 – a military expedition; to make a voyage.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1300 – viage, a journey.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1456 – a pilgrimage.^(OED 1989)

+ * late 15th century – to voyage (verb).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1527 – the spelling voyage.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A long journey, especially by sea to a distant place, or through [[outer space]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An account of a journey of exploration, often in the plural.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a voyage, or to travel across.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[voyager]]

+ * [[outvoyage]]

+ * [[maiden voyage]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[envoy]]

+ * [[via]]

+ * [[viaticum]]

+ * [[convey]]

+ * [[way]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Lancashire and Cheshire dialect, as in older English, a voyage was a journey by land or sea.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}