Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thoroughway

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thor-ough-way
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A way through, passageway.

noun

A thoroughfare.

Example Sentences

"Only at Knossos we have to observe that for the convenience of the palace this corridor has become a thoroughway past the front of the shrine in either direction."
"Today the street is still a central thoroughway through the old city, though now converted to a pedestrian zone and called the Breite Herzog-Strasse."

Etymology

From Middle English *thurghwei (attested in plural form thurghweies, thorouȝ-weies, þurȝ-weies), equivalent to thorough- + way. Doublet of throughway.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *thurghwei

Inflected Forms

thoroughways (plural)

Questions

What does thoroughway mean?: A way through, passageway.
Where does thoroughway come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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