thoroughfare
English
/ˈθʌɹəfɛː/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A passage; a way through.
- A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
- (obsolete) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
- An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thurghfare compound from English thorough- (through) + English fare (travel, journey, departure, fare).
Origin
English
fare
Gloss
travel, journey, departure, fare
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
旅
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cheesefare English
- afare English
- airfare English
- busfare English
- carfare English
- eelfare English
- evilfare English
- fare English
- farebeater English
- farebox English
- farecard English
- faregate English
- farepayer English
- farer English
- farest English
- fareth English
- farewell English
- fareworthy English
- farrand English
- femto- English
- firk English
- forfare English
- forthfare English
- hellfare English
- homefare English
- illfare English
- misfare English
- multifare English
- overfare English
- railfare English
- seafare English
- taxifare English
- thorough- English
- warfare English
- welfare English
- woefare English
- durchfahren German
- fahren German
- faran Old English
- þurhfaran Old English
- fare Middle English
- thurghfare Middle English
- *p(i/u)r, *bjar Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- fare
- firk
- afare
- farer
- fareth
- farest
- femto-
- farrand
- farebox
- busfare
- woefare
- misfare
- illfare
- forfare
- eelfare
- warfare
- seafare
- carfare
- airfare
- welfare
- hellfare
- faregate
- farewell
- overfare
- homefare
- evilfare
- farecard
- railfare
- taxifare
- farepayer
- multifare
- forthfare
- thorough-
- Cheesefare
- farebeater
- fareworthy