English
pathway
Pathway comes from Middle English pathwei.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pathwei
- Englishearliest quotation 1900pathway
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500pathwei
- Englishearliest quotation 1900pathway
Earliest quotation: 1900, Lyman Frank Baum, The Winged Monkeys: “YOU WILL REMEMBER there was no road—not even a…”
Every English word from Middle English pathwei
Today it means
noun A footpath or other path or track.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English pathwei / pathway