Streetway

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A paved route through a town or city, used by vehicles and pedestrians alike
2. The surface or passage of a built-up urban road where traffic and people move between buildings
3. A public thoroughfare within a settlement, lined with buildings and laid out for travel on foot or by vehicle

Etymology: "Streetway" is a plain compound of "street" and "way," with no hidden twist in its making. "Street" traces back to Latin "strata," meaning a paved road, from "sternere," to spread or lay down, which is why the word still carries the sense of a laid road. "Way" is an older native English word meaning a path or course of travel. Put together, the compound describes a way that is a street, a roadway in a built-up area, and it is the sort of transparent formation English produces readily when two familiar nouns meet.

Synonyms: street, road, thoroughfare