Etymology

Holway

H4O1L1W4A1Y4

Today it means: A village in Sandford Orcas parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST6320). Full definition →

Old English holh
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromholh“hollow”
  2. English todayHolway

From Old English holh (“hollow”) + weġ (“way”); compare the doublet Holloway.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishholh all →

hollowhollowayHolcombeHolroydHolfordHolwellHolkham

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.