via

From Proto-Italic *wijā, from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁eh₂-,^[1] from *weyh₁- (“to pursue, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian vyti (“to pursue”). See also vīs, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).
Or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰyeh₂-, from *weǵʰ- (whence vehō and English way).^[2] This hypothesis is rejected by De Vaan.

<figure class="mw-default-size">[1]<figcaption>Via Romana lapidea Pompeiis, Italia.</figcaption></figure>

via f (genitive viae); first declension