English

ladderway

From ladder + way.

A compound of ladder + way

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ‘to lean’

Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō

Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju

Old English hlǣder ‘ladder’

Middle English ladder ‘ladder’

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 The shaft or passage enclosing a ladder or connected by ladders.

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

Etymograph / ladderway