avenue
noun
[ ˈav(ə)njuː ]
• a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides.
• "tree-lined avenues surround the hotel"
• a way of approaching a problem or making progress towards something.
• "three possible avenues of research suggested themselves"
Origin:
early 17th century (in avenue (sense 2)): from French, feminine past participle of avenir ‘arrive, approach’, from Latin advenire, from ad- ‘towards’ + venire ‘come’.
