Etymograph

English

manorway

From manor + way.

A compound of manor + way

Latin manēre

Old French manoir ‘to stay’

Middle English maner ‘a manorial estate or property’

English manor

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 roadway, typically a dead end, giving access from a manor or village to marshy common land, often near a river.

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

Etymograph / manorway