## Etymology
A compound of park + way, coined in American English in the late 19th century. Park comes via Old French parc from Medieval Latin parricus 'enclosure'; way is native English, from Old English weg.

## AI Etymology
Parkway is a compound of park + way, coined in American English in the late 19th century. Park comes via Old French parc from Medieval Latin parricus 'enclosure'; way is native English, from Old English weg. Important recorded forms include parricus (Latin) and weg (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a broad landscaped road, often through a park or scenic area. The wider family includes related words such as park and driveway.

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