Where does “raï” come from?

raï (French) comes from Old French rai, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

raï (French): raï form of music originating from Algeria

Definitions

  1. raï form of music originating from Algeria

Ancestry of “raï”, step by step

raï traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French rai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchraibeam; ray
2Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
3English-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
4Middle English-an—

via Algerian Arabic راي

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Algerian Arabicرايopinion
2Arabicرَأْيopinion

Words derived from “raï”

Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →