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means A paved path at an airport that connects runways, terminals, and hangars, letting aircraft taxi under their own power instead of being towed.

from Straightforward compound: 'taxi' (as in aircraft taxiing—moving slowly on the ground under their own engine power) plus 'way.' The verb 'taxi' for this ground movement emerged alongside early aviation in the early 20th century, likely borrowed from the taxicab sense of a vehicle that carries itself along at a controlled pace; 'taxiway' followed naturally once airports needed a name for the lanes planes used to do it.