Where does “roïon” come from?

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

roïon (Bourguignon): ray

Definitions

  1. ray

Ancestry of “roïon”, step by step

roïon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bourguignon rai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bourguignonrairay
2Old Frenchraibeam; ray
3Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
4English-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
5Middle English-an—

via Bourguignon on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bourguignonon—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →