Etymograph

English

rang

Rang comes from French rang ‘row or line of things placed side-by-side’, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz ‘ring, circle’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)krengʰ-‘ring, circle’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hringaz‘ring, circle’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*hringreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400renc
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ranc
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentrang‘row or line of things placed side-by-side’
  7. Englishtodayrang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)krengʰ-‘ring, circle’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hringaz‘ring, circle’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*hringreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400renc
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ranc
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentrang‘row or line of things placed side-by-side’
  7. Englishtodayrang

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ- ‘ring, circle’

rung, 1 more

through Proto-Germanic *hringaz ‘ring, circle’

ring, harangue, 1 more

through Frankish *hring

rank, rink, 4 more

through French rang ‘row or line of things placed side-by-side’

rancho, 3 more

Today it means

noun A long strip of rectangular lots of land in Quebec.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ- / rang

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