Where does “racy” come from?

I notice this etymology chain appears problematic—it seems to conflate two different word families (race/raze and their suffixes) without clear connection to "racy." Additionally, the chain shows repeated elements and lacks the semantic development needed to establish how we arrive at "racy" meaning. I cannot write an accurate one-sentence origin summary with this chain because: 1. The chain doesn't clearly show how these elements combine to form "racy" 2. No meaning is supplied for the headword "racy," making sense development impossible to demonstrate 3. The repeated Proto-Indo-European elements suggest transcription errors Could you provide: - The correct etymology chain for "racy"? - The meaning of "racy" to be reflected in the summary? This will allow me to write an accurate, searchable summary.

racy (English): Mildly risqué; Having a strong flavor indicating...

Definitions

  1. Mildly risqué; Having a strong flavor indicating...

Ancestry of “racy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishraceA contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc....
2Middle Frenchracerace; breed
3Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
4Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
5Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
6Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
7English-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
8Middle English-an

Words derived from “racy

Every word from Middle English -an