wayfare

Meaning

Travel, journeying.

Concepts

journey

travel

trip

wayfare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈweɪfɛə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English weyfaren, originally in participle form weyfarand, from Old English weġfarende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way + faring. Cognate with Danish vejfarende (“wayfaring”), Swedish vägfarande, German wegfahren (“to drive away”), Icelandic vegfarandi (“wayfaring”). More at way, fare.