English

inspan

From in + span.

A compound of in + span

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- ‘to stretch’

Proto-Germanic *spannō ‘span, handbreadth’

Old English spann

Middle English spanne ‘a span’

English span

Today it means

verb To yoke (oxen).

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