Where does “Rass” come from?

Rass (Luxembourgish) comes from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

Rass (Luxembourgish): split, tear, rip; crack, cleft, fissure; race

Definitions

  1. split, tear, rip; crack, cleft, fissure; race

Ancestry of “Rass”, step by step

Rass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French race

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchracerace; kind; breed
2Middle Frenchrasse
3Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
4Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
5Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
6Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
7English-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
8Middle English-an

via Old High German riz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanrizscoring; crack; incision; impression; stroke;...
2Proto-Germanicwritizfissure; crevice; groove; engraving; writing;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwreyd-to scratch, carve
Every word from Middle English -anEvery word from English -ánEvery word from Latin radius