Holloway
/ˈhɒləʊ.weɪ/noun
A sunken or hollow road, especially one worn down over time by traffic and erosion.
Did you know?Holloway is an old English place-name word for a sunken lane, and many British roads called Holloway were once physically lower than the land around them because centuries of carts and hooves dug them down.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kel-
“to cover, conceal, or hide”
Old English
OE
holh
“a hollow, a hole, a depression”
Old English
OE
weg
“a way, road, path”
Middle English
ME
holwe wei
“a hollow way or sunken road”
Modern English
English
holloway
“a sunken lane or road, especially one worn lower than the surrounding ground”