preposition
- by a route that touches or passes through; by way of: to fly to Japan via the North Pole.
- by the agency or instrumentality of: a solution via an inquiry.
noun
- Architecture. a space between two mutules.
preposition
- by way of; by means of; throughto London via Paris
1779, from Latin via “by way of,” ablative form of via “way, road, channel, course,” from PIE *wegh- (see weigh).