Where does “rayon” come from?

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

rayon (Middle French): ray, beam; spoke

Definitions

  1. ray, beam; spoke

Ancestry of “rayon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchraibeam; ray
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 “rayon”

Every word from Middle English -an →
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