Etymology

gangway

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Today it means: An aisle between rows of seating (especially in a train, aircraft or auditorium). Full definition →

Middle English gangway ← Old English gangweġ
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  1. Old English · inherited fromgangweġ“passageway; thoroughfare”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgangway
  3. English todaygangway

From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.