Plural of voyage; long journeys, especially by sea or through space, undertaken for exploration, commerce, or adventure.
From Old French 'voiage,' derived from Latin 'viaticum' meaning 'provision for a journey,' from 'via' (road or way). The word emphasized the preparation and provisioning aspect of travel rather than just the movement itself.
The word 'voyage' is linguistically connected to 'viaduct' and 'trivial' through the Latin root 'via,' showing how ancient Romans saw all journeys as fundamentally about roads and pathways. This connection reminds us that even oceanic voyages were conceptualized as following invisible highways across the water.
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