Etymology of the English word spanrail
the English word
spanrailderived 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
spanUsage
Word found in Modern English