English

flangeway

From flange + way.

A compound of flange + way

Frankish *hlanku ‘bend, curve’

Old French flanche ‘flank, side’

Middle French flanche

English flanch ‘a projection’

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 An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.

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

Etymograph / flangeway