Etymology

tramway

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Today it means: The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs. Full definition →

English way ← Middle English wey ← Old English weġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ter-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*térmn̥
  4. Proto-Germanic*drum
  5. Middle Low Germantrame
  6. Low Germantraambor.?
  7. Englishtram
  8. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*wegaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*weg
  11. Old Englishweġ
  12. Middle Englishwey
  13. Englishway
  14. English todaytramway

From tram + way.

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