Where does “raide” come from?
raide (Norman) comes from Old French reit, from Old French roide, from Old French roit, from Latin rigidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
raide (Norman): steep; very, rather
Ancestry of “raide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | reit | — |
| 2 | Old French | roide | — |
| 3 | Old French | roit | hard |
| 4 | Latin | rigidus | stiff, rigid, hard, inflexible; stern, strict,... |
| 5 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |