Way

Way
Recorded in many forms including Way, Waye, Wey, Weigh, Attaway, Bitheway, Byway (English) Weg, Wegman and Wegmann (German), Van der Weghe, Van der Wegen and Wegman (Dutch) Wegsman (Askenasic) and possibly others including the English Wayman, this is a surname of at least two possible origins. Firstly and most likely it was topographical and as such it described one who lived by a "weg". This was the pre 7th century word for a public pathway or road, but not a Roman road. These were paved and known as "straets". Secondly it is also possible that some nameholders at least originate from an ancient personal name recorded as Wazo or Gazo. These were Anglo-Saxon baptismal names of some popularity, and which lead to the later creation of a number of surnames including; Wais, Waison, Wayson, Gaish, Gaishson, Gasson, Gashion and Gaze, the latter being particularly associated with East Anglia. The name appears as "Gazo" in the famous English Domesday Book of 1086, whilst surname recordings taken from surviving charters and registers of that medieval period include: John Gace of Hampshire in the year 1230, William Waye of Dorset in 1236, Hans Wegmann of Bregenzer Wald, Germany, in 1390, and Roger Wayman or Waythman in the Friary Rolls of Yorkshire, in 1437, Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Way — Way, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[ a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via}, {Voyage},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • way — or go one s way [wā] n. [ME < OE weg, akin to Ger < IE base * weĝh , to go > L vehere, to carry, ride, Gr ochos, wagon] 1. a means of passing from one place to another, as a road, highway, street or path [the Appian Way] 2. room or space …   English World dictionary

  • way — ► NOUN 1) a method, style, or manner of doing something. 2) the typical manner in which someone behaves or in which something happens. 3) a road, track, path, or street. 4) a route or means taken in order to reach, enter, or leave a place. 5) the …   English terms dictionary

  • way — way; way·bread; way·far·er; way·far·ing; way·goose; way·less; way·man; way·ment; way·ward; way·ward·ly; way·ward·ness; way·wis·er; way·wode; hem·ing·way·esque; Jet·way; bus·way; cause·way; mid·way; sub·way; way·fare; well·a·way; hatch·way·man;… …   English syllables

  • Way — can refer to: * a road or path(way) * wayob , plural form (singular way ), spirit companions appearing in mythology and folklore of Maya peoples of the Yucatan Peninsula * A precisely straight rail or track on a machine tool (such as that on the… …   Wikipedia

  • WAY '79 — WAY 79, also referred to as WAY 79 and WAY 1979, was the official 1979 sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) celebration of the establishment of the Swan River Colony, the first permanent European settlement in Western Australia. Western… …   Wikipedia

  • way — n 1 Way, route, course, passage, pass, artery mean, in common, a track or path traversed in going from one place to another. Way is general and inclusive of any track or path; it can specifically signify a thoroughfare especially in combinations… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • way — I (channel) noun alley, artery, avenue, custom, direction, lane, mode, path, pathway, plan, road, roadway, route, throughway II (manner) noun behavior, fashion, habit, means, progression, ritual associated concepts: way appurtenant, way by… …   Law dictionary

  • way — (n.) O.E. weg road, path, course of travel, from P.Gmc. *wegaz (Cf. O.S., Du. weg, O.N. vegr, O.Fris. wei, O.H.G. weg, Ger. Weg, Goth. wigs way ), from PIE *wegh to move (see WEIGH (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • Way — Way, adv. [Aphetic form of away.] Away. [Obs. or Archaic] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {To do way}, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] Do way your hands. Chaucer. {To make way with}, to make away with. See under {Away}. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • WAY-FM — may refer to:* WAY FM Network, a national, non profit radio broadcasting network in the United States that primarily plays Contemporary Christian music ** WAYM, the Franklin, Tennessee based flagship station of the WAY FM Network that goes by the …   Wikipedia

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