Where does “proto-racial” come from?
proto-racial (English) comes from English racial, from English race, from Middle French race, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án.
proto-racial (English): Of or relating to early or formative racial ideas...
Definitions
- Of or relating to early or formative racial ideas...
Ancestry of “proto-racial”, step by step
proto-racial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English racial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | racial | Of or relating to a race; A skill possessed by... |
| 2 | English | race | A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc.... |
| 3 | Middle French | race | race; breed |
| 4 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 5 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 6 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 7 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Middle English | -an | — |
via English proto-race
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto-race | A primal or primordial race; an ur-race |
| 2 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 3 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |