Where does “ռասիզմ” come from?
ռասիզմ (Armenian) comes from Russian раси́зм, from French racisme, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius.
ռասիզմ (Armenian): racism
Ancestry of “ռասիզմ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | раси́зм | — |
| 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 | — |