Where does “rai” come from?

rai (Bourguignon) comes from Old French rai, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

rai (Bourguignon): ray

Definitions

  1. ray

Ancestry of “rai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchraibeam; ray
2Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
3English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
4Middle English-an—

Words derived from “rai”

Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →
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