Where does “radieux” come from?
radieux (French) comes from Latin radiosus, from Latin radio, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
radieux (French): radiant
Definitions
- radiant
Ancestry of “radieux”, step by step
radieux traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin radiosus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | radiosus | radiant |
| 2 | Latin | radio | I cause to radiate, irradiate; I radiate, emit... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Latin radioso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | radioso | dative masculine singular of radiōsus; dative... |