Etymology of the English word railway
the English word
railwayderived from the English word
wayderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wegh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wegazderived 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)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
