Etymology of the English word handrail
the English word
handrailderived from the English word
railderived from the Old French word
raillederived from the Old French word
reillederived from the Classical Latin word
regula (ruler, straight edge; basic principle)
using the Proto-Indo-European prefix
reg- (to move in a straight line)
derived from the English word
handderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khanduzUsage
Word found in Modern English
