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DictionaryRoot: weg
Old English

weg

way, road, path

Forms

  • weg
  • way — English form after the final Old English consonant developed into a y sound.

Origin

Proto-Germanic *wegaz, ‘way,’ from reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *wegh-, ‘move; carry.’

Note

A path through space became a way of doing something.

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A devoted caretaker sits beside a sleeping dog with a filled food bowl, fresh water, a leash, and carefully maintained bedding, showing dependable care on every occasion.
adverb

always

AWL-wayz/ˈɔːlweɪz/

At every relevant time or occasion.

Etymology
alOld Englishall, whole
+wayOld Englishway, road, path
+sEnglishin a particular way or direction

The pieces literally express “all the way,” but the phrase’s earliest recorded uses already concern time. A whole stretch of distance thus supplies the image for all the time or every occasion.

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