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

Compare 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.

Andrew H. Gray 13:59, 14 September 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)

Possible obsolete senses

I 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

I 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 16:14, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

@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)