Where does “rai” come from?

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

rai (Norman): spoke

Definitions

  1. spoke

Ancestry of “rai”, 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—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →