Long passages or corridors in a building that connect different rooms and areas.
From Old English 'hall,' a large central room, combined with 'way,' a passage. The compound word emerged in Middle English to describe passages leading from the main hall.
The word 'hallway' comes from the medieval 'hall'—the biggest, most important room where everyone gathered—and the ways leading from it became known as hallways, even though modern hallways don't lead to medieval halls anymore!
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