SPAN (from O. Eng. spannan, to bind, connect together; the word is of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general occurrence in See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, the ultimate origin being the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root See also:

• SPA

spa-, to extend; stretch out, cf. Gr. oirav, to draw out, See also:

• LAT

Lat. spatium, space)  , a distance stretched, the space between terminal points . The word was formerly used as a measure of length= lo.368 in., taken from the stretch of the fully opened See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand from thumb to little See also:

• FINGER

finger . The See also:

• TERM

term is used in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture for the width or opening of an See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch or arched opening, and also the width of a roof between the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall plates . A " span roof " is a roof having two sides inclining to a centre or See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge, in contradistinction to a " See also:

• SHED

shed roof " (see SHED) .