Where does “rassisme” come from?
rassisme (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch racisme, from French racisme, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius.
rassisme (Afrikaans): racism
Ancestry of “rassisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | racisme | racism; racialism |
| 2 | French | racisme | racism |
| 3 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 4 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 5 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 6 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 7 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 8 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 9 | English | -án | — |
| 10 | Middle English | -an | — |