An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

CCD detector: Series of pixels arranged along a line. → column

Etymology (EN): O.E. ræw “a row, line;” cf. Du. rij “row;” O.H.G. rihan “to thread,” riga “line;” Ger. Reihe “row, line, series.”

Etymology (PE): Raj “line, row,” variants raž, rak, râk, rezg (Lori), ris, risé, radé, rasté, râsté, related to râst “right, true; just, upright, straight;” Mid.Pers. râst “true, straight, direct;” Soghdian rəšt “right;” O.Pers. rāsta- “straight, true,” rās- “to be right, straight, true;” Av. rāz- “to direct, put in line, set,” razan- “order;”
cf. Skt. raj- “to direct, stretch,” rjuyant- “walking straight;” Gk. orektos “stretched out;” L. regere “to lead straight, guide, rule,” p.p. rectus “right, straight;” PIE base *reg- “move in a straight line,” hence, “to direct, rule.”