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Where does “wasteway” come from?

wasteway (English) comes from English Way, from Middle English way, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

wasteway (English): A chute or other route for the disposal of waste...

Definitions

  1. A chute or other route for the disposal of waste...

Ancestry of “wasteway”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWay—
2Middle Englishway—
3Old Englishweġway; path; way, road, path
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
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