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

general occurrence in

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• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic

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• LANGUAGES

languages, the ultimate origin being the

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• 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

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• SPA

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

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• 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 hand from thumb to little finger . The term is used in architecture for the width or opening of an arch or arched opening, and also the width of a roof between the wall plates . A " span roof " is a roof having two sides inclining to a centre or ridge, in contradistinction to a " shed roof " (see SHED) .