Etymograph

English

gayway

gay + way; originally the name of the midway at the Golden Gate International Exposition.

A compound of gay + way

Old French gai ‘joyful, merry’

Middle English gay ‘joyous’

English gay

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 Synonym of midway (“part of a fair where entertainments are concentrated”).

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

Etymograph / gayway