Where does “raia” come from?

raia (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin radia, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

raia (Galician): stripe; border; em dash

Definitions

  1. stripe; border; em dash

Ancestry of “raia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinradiasecond-person singular present active imperative...
2Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
3English-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
4Middle English-an—

Words derived from “raia”

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