English

fencerow

From fence + row.

A compound of fence + row

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- ‘to strike, slay, kill’

Old French defens

Middle English fence

English fence

Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- ‘to line up; to arrange’

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Proto-Germanic *raiwō

Proto-West Germanic *raiwu

Old English rǣw ‘row, line’

Middle English rewe ‘row’

English row

Today it means

noun The land adjacent to a fence; the entire right of way of the fence, including the fence itself and any bushes and trees that grow next to it.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fencerow