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Where does “rasa” come from?

rasa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto raso, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

rasa (Esperanto): racial

Definitions

  1. racial

Ancestry of “rasa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantorasorace
2Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
3Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
4Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
5Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
6English-án—
7Middle English-an—

Words derived from “rasa”

  • miksrasa
Every word from Middle English -an →