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throughgang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
through-gang
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway

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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *thurgh-gang, *þurhgang

Inflected Forms

throughgangs (plural) through-gang (alternative) through-gaun (alternative)

Questions

What does throughgang mean?
a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway
Where does throughgang come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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