English

escapeway

From escape + way.

A compound of escape + way

Late Latin cappa ‘cape, cloak’

Vulgar Latin *excappāre ‘to escape a garment’

Old Northern French escaper

Middle English escapen

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring’

Proto-Germanic *wegaz

Proto-West Germanic *weg ‘way’

Old English weġ

Middle English way

English way

Today it means

noun A passage for escaping from a mine or similar facility in an emergency.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / escapeway