passageway

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈpæsɪdʒweɪ/ UK /ˈpæsɪdʒweɪ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a corridor or narrow way allowing passage between places

A dim passageway connected the kitchen to the old cellar.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a corridor or narrow way... corridor hallway passage aisle gangway conduitwalkway

Word family

Related forms passage pass

Etymology

A compound of passage + way. Passage comes from Old French passage, from passer 'to pass', from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus 'step, pace'; way is native English from Old English weg.

passus Latin weg Old English

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# passageway

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpæsɪdʒweɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpæsɪdʒweɪ/

## Meanings
1. a corridor or narrow way allowing passage between places

## Examples
- A dim passageway connected the kitchen to the old cellar.

## Synonyms
- corridor
- hallway
- passage
- aisle
- gangway
- conduit
- walkway

## Related Forms
- passage
- pass

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: passus
- Root: weg

## Etymology
A compound of passage + way. Passage comes from Old French passage, from passer 'to pass', from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus 'step, pace'; way is native English from Old English weg.

## AI Etymology
Passageway is a compound of passage + way. Passage comes from Old French passage, from passer 'to pass', from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus 'step, pace'; way is native English from Old English weg. Important recorded forms include passus (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 corridor or narrow way allowing passage between places. The wider family includes related words such as passage and pass.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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