Fareway

//ˈfɛɹˌweɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A road, route, or passage used for travelling over or through.

    "From Troy there's a fareway by sea direct Across to the glorious ancient Athens; […]"

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travelway

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"From Troy there's a fareway by sea direct Across to the glorious ancient Athens; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English farewaye, fairway, fare-waye, from Old English færweġ (“a cartroad”), from Proto-West Germanic *faraweg, *faruweg (“fareway”), equivalent to fare (“travel”) + way. Cognate with West Frisian farwei (“waterway”), Dutch vaarweg (“waterway”), Middle Low German vārwech, vaerwech (“fareway”), German Fahrweg (“fareway”).

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