Why this word is great
TRACKWAY — [Noun] A set of tracks or footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized, or a narrow path of steel, stone, or similar material set in the ground to aid the movement of wheeled vehicles. From track ("a mark or series of marks left by something that has passed") + way ("a path or route"). Unlike "railway" (which binds itself to steel and steam) or "trail" (which meanders through wilderness with the casualness of a deer's passing), "trackway" is the ghost of movement made solid—whether by intention or accident. It is the fossilized tread of a dinosaur pressed into mud a hundred million years ago, the sunken grooves of Roman carts worn into stone, or the splintered sleepers of an abandoned logging route slowly surrendering to moss. A record of passage, whether remembered or forgotten.