Where does “hunderase” come from?
hunderase (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk rase, from Middle French race, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
hunderase (Norwegian Nynorsk): dog breed
Definitions
- dog breed
Ancestry of “hunderase”, step by step
hunderase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk rase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | rase | a race; a breed; to be furious, fume, rage, rave |
| 2 | Middle French | race | race; breed |
| 3 | Italian | razza | race, breed; kind, type; family, descent |
| 4 | Italian | razzo | skyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;... |
| 5 | Italian | raggio | ray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius |
| 6 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 7 | English | -án | Of or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a |
| 8 | Middle English | -an | — |