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Where does “Rada” come from?

Rada is an English word of uncertain origin and meaning, possibly derived from Portuguese or other Romance languages, though the exact etymological path remains undetermined.

Rada (English): In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of Dahomeyan...

Definitions

  1. In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of Dahomeyan...

Ancestry of “Rada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishradaadvice, counsel; council; board
2Old Polishrada—
3Old Church Slavonicrada—
4Middle High Germanrāt—
5Old High Germanrātadvice, council; advise
6Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
7Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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