Etymology of the English word away
the English word
awayderived from the English word
onderived from the English word
anderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*oi-no-derived from the English word
a-using the Greek prefix
a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)
derived from the English word
wayderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wegh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wegazDerivations in English
hadaway,
faraway,
walkaway,
throwaway,
tearaway,
stowaway,
giveaway,
getaway,
fadeaway,
driveaway,
cutaway,
hereaway,
waywardCognates
Danish
vei, Dutch
weg, English
way, German
weg, German
Weg, Gothic
wigs, Icelandic
vegur, Norwegian
i vei, Nynorsk
veg, Riksmal
vei, Swedish
väg, Swedish
i vägUsage
Word found in Modern English
