The word “wayfarer” is a fancy way to describe someone who travels by foot, but it can also be used a bit more broadly for someone traveling by road. The important part is that the traveler is on the ground, as opposed to in the air or on the sea. The word was created in Middle English as a mash-up of two words: “way,” meaning “a road or a path,” and “farer,” meaning “traveler.” The related term “seafaring,” meaning “traveling by sea,” is more commonly used now than “wayfarer,” but the poetic term for traveling by foot is a useful one to keep in your travelogue.