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1. • • something or someone is travelling to reach a destination. eg, ive sent a parcel to a friend. I text "on the way" to let them know I've posted it. or it could be I'm meeting a friend in town. I could text "on the way" or "I'm on my way" to let them know I'll be there.
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   What does 'way' mean?

   • Way seems to mean, at its most basic, a course. To "make way" or make "headway" is to progress. When you are on your way home, you are on en route and are literally on a course for home. The Online Etymology Dictionary says that the term "underway" was first used in 1749 in reference to ships having begun to move.

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   Is 'on the way' a common idiom?

   • Say someone had replied "Oh, 'on the way' was a common nautical term in 1800, see here, then it came in to general use" that would be the end of it. Here we have a question about an idiom ("on the way"). You're pointing out that the word "way" is a common and old word -- I don't see the problem. I'll edit the question to make it clearer ...

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   How do you use the word 'way' in a sentence?

   • By the way connotes the speaker's narrative is an idiomatic journey, hence the use of the word 'way'. The added information is something you would generally 'see' on the 'journey' of the speaker's topic. The german word for road is Weg, and in Danish it's Vej, and both sound a lot like the english word Way.

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   Why is 'under' called 'on the way'?

   • That is easier to understand when we know that this 'under' was originally 'on the'. Knowing that, 'on the way' makes sense. 'On the way' migrated to 'underway', probably due to the influence of the Dutch word 'onderweg', which translates into English as 'underway' but to 17th century sailors must have sounded more like 'on the way'.

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   Where does the word 'on the way home' come from?

   • It makes sense that the modern phrase of "on the way home" comes from the non-nautical meaning because you using "way" as a noun that you on, i.e. a route. The nautical way is something you might need to engage the rudder but does not seem related in grammar or meaning to the current meaning of the word.

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   something or someone is travelling to reach a destination. eg, ive sent a parcel to a friend. I text "on the way" to let them know I've posted it. or it could be I'm meeting a friend in town. I could text "on the way" or "I'm on my way" to let them know I'll be there. See a translation.

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    Aug 16, 2015 · After reading the article available here, I have come to understand that the phrase on the way has actually come from the nautical term - way rather than the 'way' as in lane or roadway. Quoting the article, The term 'under sail' and 'underway' appear at first sight to be quite similar.