Where does “railing” come from?
Railing comes from Middle French railler (to tease), from Latin radiare (to radiate), ultimately from Latin radius (rod, beam) and the diminutive suffix -ulus.
railing (English): A fence or barrier consisting of one or more...
Definitions
- A fence or barrier consisting of one or more...
Ancestry of “railing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | rail | A horizontal bar extending between supports and... |
| 2 | Middle English | rail | — |
| 3 | Old English | regol | a rule; a ruler |
| 4 | Latin | rēgula | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
Words derived from “railing”