Throughgang

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway Scotland, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English *thurgh-gang, from Old English *þurhgang (“a going through, permeation”), equivalent to through- + gang. Compare Old English þurhgangan (“to go through, go over”), Old High German durhgangan, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (þairhgaggan).

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