## Etymology
From French convoyer ('to escort, accompany'), from Old French conveier, from Vulgar Latin conviare, from Latin con- ('together') + via ('way, road'). A doublet of convey.

## AI Etymology
Convoy is from French convoyer ('to escort, accompany'), from Old French conveier, from Vulgar Latin conviare, from Latin con- ('together') + via ('way, road'). A doublet of convey. The ancestry passes through Latin conviare and Latin via. The prefix con- adds togetherness, combination, or intensification where the Latin formation gives it that value, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as noun and verb, it means "a group of vehicles or ships travelling together for protection", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include convey, conveyance, and voyage.

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