Where does “race” come from?
race (English) comes from Middle French race, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
race (English): A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc....
Definitions
- A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc....
Ancestry of “race”, step by step
race traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French race
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | race | race; breed |
| 2 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 3 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 4 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 5 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Middle English | -an | — |