throughgang

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noun

a thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway

OriginMiddle English *thurgh-gang ← Old English *þurhgang →
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Meanings

nounthroughgang (plural throughgangs)

plural throughgangs · alternative through-gang · alternative through-gaun

  1. Scotlanddialectala thoroughfare; an entry; passage; passageway

Origin

  1. Old English*þurhgang“a going through, permeation”
  2. Middle English*thurgh-gang
  3. Englishthroughgang

From Middle English *thurgh-gang, from Old English *þurhgang (“a going through, permeation”), equivalent to through- + gang. Compare Old English þurhgangan (“to go through, go over”), Old High German durhgangan, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (þairhgaggan).

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APA

throughgang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throughgang

MLA

“throughgang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throughgang. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throughgang,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throughgang.

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