way- root words — words with the way- root

The root way- comes from Old English weg, meaning path, way. 11 words in Dendril are built from it, including railway, byway, byways, parkway, cableway, clearway, colorway, sluiceway, steerageway, taxiway, thalweg. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the way- root

Explore words with way- — words containing the way- root and sharing its sense of "path, way". Examples include railway, byway, byways, parkway, cableway, clearway, colorway, sluiceway, steerageway, taxiway, thalweg. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The way- root means path, way, from Old English weg. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.