Where does “racemare” come from?
racemare (English) comes from English race, from Middle French race, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
racemare (English): A female racehorse
Definitions
- A female racehorse
Ancestry of “racemare”, step by step
racemare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English race
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | race | A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc.... |
| 2 | Middle French | race | race; breed |
| 3 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 4 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 5 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 6 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Middle English | -an | — |
via English Maré
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Maré | An adult female horse |
| 2 | Middle English | mare | A horse member of the species |
| 3 | Old English | mare | mare (evil spirit thought to torment people in their sleep) |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | marā | evil spirit, nightmare |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | marǭ | evil spirit; succubus; incubus; nightmare |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mor- | to blacken, to dirty; dirt spot; to rub, pound,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |