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way

/ˈweɪ/WAY
/ˈweɪ/WAY

Meaninga road, a track

Common meaning: a road or path

Other meanings: a manner of doing

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAGH‘carry, to remove, to wag’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 338, p. 742 · scan
  2. Old Englishwegsource
  3. Middle Englishweysource
  4. Englishway‘a road or path’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English weg ‘a road, a track’.

Roots

  • weg Old English “a road, a track”

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