Where does “ռասա” come from?
ռասա (Armenian) comes from Russian ра́са, from German Rasse, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius.
ռասա (Armenian): race a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of common, physical characteristics
Definitions
- race a large group of people set apart from others on the basis of common, physical characteristics
Ancestry of “ռասա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ра́са | race group of people |
| 2 | German | Rasse | race (subspecies), breed |
| 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 | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 10 | Middle English | -an | — |