The story
- Old English · derived frombrād“broad”
- English todayBradway
From Old English brād (“broad”) + weġ (“path, road, way”). Likely a vowel-shifted variant of the surname Broadway, which is derived from the same roots. The words "broad way" have been used in English to name wide roads and associated settlements for over a millennium.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbrād all →
broadBradleyBradfordbradybroadenBradshawBradburyBroadbentBradstreetBradfieldBraidwoodbroadusBroadwellBraybrookeBradmoreBroadclyst
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.