Doorway
/ˈdɔːr.weɪ/noun
An opening in a wall for a door, or the space immediately around it.
Did you know?The first element, door, goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- meaning “door, gate,” a root that also gave English words like “foreign” and “forum” through Latin.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰwer-
“door, gate, opening”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*durz- / *durą
“door, gate”
Old English
OE
duru
“door, gate”
Old English
OE
weg
“way, path, road”
Middle English
ME
dorwei / dorweie
“doorway, entrance”
Modern English
English
doorway
“an entrance or passage through a wall”