Where does “rayon” come from?

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

rayon (French): radius; ray, beam; spoke

Definitions

  1. radius; ray, beam; spoke

Ancestry of “rayon”, step by step

rayon traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French raï

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchraïraï form of music originating from Algeria
2Old Frenchraibeam; ray
3Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
4English-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
5Middle English-an—

via Middle French royon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchroyon—
2Old Frenchraieray
3Frankishhrātuhoneycomb
4Proto-Germanichrētō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥t-to twist, weave

via Old French ree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchree—

Words derived from “rayon”

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