Where does “rai” come from?
rai (French) comes from Old French rai, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
rai (French): raï
Ancestry of “rai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | rai | beam; ray |
| 2 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 3 | English | -án | — |
| 4 | Middle English | -an | — |