convoy

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈkɑnvɔɪ/ UK /ˈkɒnvɔɪ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a group of vehicles or ships travelling together for protection

A naval convoy escorted the supply ships across the strait.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a group of vehicles or... escort caravan procession fleet train cavalcade

Word family

Related forms convey conveyance voyage

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.

conviare Latin via Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# convoy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑnvɔɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒnvɔɪ/

## Meanings
1. a group of vehicles or ships travelling together for protection

## Examples
- A naval convoy escorted the supply ships across the strait.

## Synonyms
- escort
- caravan
- procession
- fleet
- train
- cavalcade

## Related Forms
- convey
- conveyance
- voyage

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: conviare
- Root: via

## 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.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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