fareway

noun /ˈfɛɹˌweɪ/

1. A road, route, or passage used for travelling over or through.

   Across to the glorious ancient Athens; […]

   From Troy there's a fareway by sea direct

Where it comes from

From Middle English farewaye, fairway, fare-waye, from Old English færweġ (“a cartroad”), from Proto-West Germanic *faraweg, *faruweg (“fareway”), equivalent to fare (“travel”) + way. Cognate with West Frisian farwei (“waterway”), Dutch vaarweg (“waterway”), Middle Low German vārwech, vaerwech (“fareway”), German Fahrweg (“fareway”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fareway (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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