Where does “interracial” come from?
interracial (French) comes from French racial, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án.
interracial (French): interracial
Definitions
- interracial
Ancestry of “interracial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | racial | racial |
| 2 | French | race | race; kind; breed |
| 3 | Middle French | rasse | — |
| 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 | — |