Etymology

beway

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Today it means: By way; because. Full definition →

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beway · conjunction1

From by way equivalent to be- + way. Compare German wegen (“because of, by reason of”).

beway · noun2

Perhaps from the phrase "by the way(side)", equivalent to by + way.

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