Where does “raíña” come from?
raíña (Galician) comes from Galician raia, from Vulgar Latin radia, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
raíña (Galician): queen; chess queen; a sunny moment in a rainy day
Definitions
- queen; chess queen; a sunny moment in a rainy day
Ancestry of “raíña”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | raia | stripe; border; em dash |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | radia | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 4 | English | -án | — |
| 5 | Middle English | -an | — |