Talk:road
"on road" vs "in street" - I take issue with this distinction - you can be both in and on both a road or a street, with the difference in meaning between the prepositions being similar for both nouns. — This unsigned comment was added by 78.86.119.36 (talk) at 14:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC).
- Agreed - removed Usage note, as the distinction is much more subtle than we were making out. Ƿidsiþ 14:38, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Etymology
editCompare Sanskrit RADSH[7] (to rule) and possible ultimate √ RĀDhĀH[7] (to tread, subdue, rule over). It is not to be connected with the correct P.I.E. root *reg "move in a straight line" (correctly specified by the O.E.D.), whence eventually Latin REX[8], Proto-Celtic RIX, Old Irish RI, et cetera.
[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods. √ means original or earliest root.
Possible obsolete senses
editI think we already partly cover this, but Chambers 1908 has (marked as Biblical) the noun sense "a plundering excursion", and then road or roads as "(nautical) a roadstead". Equinox ◑ 03:54, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
I believe it is spelled traveling
editI believe that is how you spell it. Revert my edit and notify me on my talk if you have a problem or revert 2600:387:5:805:0:0:0:A0 12:14, 20 May 2020 (EDT)
- @2600:387:5:805:0:0:0:A0 Already reverted it – travelling is the Commonwealth spelling. In other words, perfectly fine. --Robbie SWE (talk) 17:17, 20 May 2020 (UTC)