racu

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • exposition, explanation, observation, account, narrative
  • argument, reasoning; reason
  • rhetoric
  • comedy
  • (personified) Reason

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *rakō (unwinding, rake, direction, account, an unfolding, narrative, tale, course, reasoning, argument, unravelling, path, track) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (straighten, direct, right, straight, right oneself, just, make right, king, chief, direct oneself, line, make straight right).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₃reǵ-

Gloss

straighten, direct, right, straight, right oneself, just, make right, king, chief, direct oneself, line, make straight right

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Kanji

線

Emoji
👉️ 🤜

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