rax

rax · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*reǵ-“to make straight”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rakjaną“to stretch”
3. Old English · derived fromrǣċan
4. Old English · inherited fromraxan
5. Middle English · inherited fromraxen
6. English todayrax

From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”).

rax · noun²

Shortening of barracks.

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