Where does “rayo” come from?
rayo (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
Ancestry of “rayo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Middle English | -an | — |
Words derived from “rayo”