Where does “paceway” come from?

paceway (English) comes from English pace, from English Pasch, from Middle English Pask, from Old French pasches, from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek Πάσχα, from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח — Passover.

paceway (English): A racetrack for horses

Definitions

  1. A racetrack for horses

Ancestry of “paceway”, step by step

paceway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pace

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaceStep; Way of stepping; Speed or velocity in...
2EnglishPaschEaster; Passover
3Middle EnglishPaskPassover (Jewish feast, festival or holiday)
4Old FrenchpaschesAlternative form of pasques
5Ecclesiastical Latinpascha
6Ancient GreekΠάσχαEaster
7Aramaicפסחא
8HebrewפֶּסַחPassover

via English Way

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWayChristianity
2Middle Englishway
3Old Englishweġway; path; way, road, path
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Hebrew פֶּסַח