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Where does “racialiste” come from?

racialiste (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.

racialiste (French): racialist

Definitions

  1. racialist

Ancestry of “racialiste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchracialracial
2Frenchracerace; kind; breed
3Middle Frenchrasse—
4Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
5Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
6Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
7Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
8English-án—
9Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →