From Old English 'rǣw' (a line), from Proto-Germanic *raiwō — barely changed in meaning for over a millennium.
A line of things or people arranged side by side.
From Old English 'rǣw' or 'rāw' meaning 'a row, a line,' from Proto-Germanic *raiwō. A basic spatial word that has barely changed in meaning. Key roots: *raiwō (Proto-Germanic: "row, line").