Etymology

driveway

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Today it means: A short private road that leads to a house or garage. Full definition →

English way ← Middle English driven
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The story

  1. Middle Englishdriven
  2. Englishdrive
  3. Englishway
  4. English todaydriveway

From drive + way.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.