| 1 | English | rand | The border of an area of land, especially... |
| 2 | Middle English | rand | edge, brink, margin, border |
| 3 | Old English | rand | outer part of something: edge, brink, rim,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | randaz | edge, rim, crust; edge, rim |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | rem- | to rest, prop or support oneself; to come to... |