viaticum

来自via,路，-t,过去分词后缀。即上路的费用，引申词义临终的圣餐。

viaticum (n.)

1560s, from Latin viaticum "travelling money; provision for a journey," noun use of neuter of adjective viaticus, from via "way" (see via). In Late Latin also "money to pay the expenses of one studying abroad," and in Church Latin, "the eucharist given to a dying person."