English
fareway
Fareway comes from Old English færweġ ‘a cartroad’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *faraweg.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*farawegreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150færweġ‘a cartroad’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500farewaye
- Englishearliest quotation 1907fareway
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*farawegreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150færweġ‘a cartroad’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500farewaye
- Englishearliest quotation 1907fareway
Earliest quotation: 1907, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem: “From Troy there's a fareway by sea direct Across…”
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *faraweg
Today it means
noun A road, route, or passage used for travelling over or through.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *faraweg / fareway