Where does β€œBlu-ray” come from?

Blu-ray (Polish) comes from English Blu-ray, from English Ray, from Middle English rayen, from English array, from Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier, from Latin arrΔ“dō, from Gothic πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒΈπƒ β€” whale, sea monster; abyss.

Blu-ray (Polish): Blu-ray

Definitions

  1. Blu-ray

Ancestry of β€œBlu-ray”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBlu-rayThe Blu-ray Disc format
2EnglishRayalso used as a formal given name
3Middle Englishrayenβ€”
4EnglisharrayClothing and ornamentation; A collection laid out...
5Middle Englisharrayenβ€”
6Anglo-Normanarraierβ€”
7LatinarrΔ“dōTo advise
8GothicπŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒΈπƒappointed, ordained
9Proto-Germanicgaraidazready, arranged, prepared
10Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanαΈ±Γ³mbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanαΈ±eDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkytβ€”
14RussianΠΊΠΈΡ‚whale; genitive plural of ки́та
15Old Church SlavonicΠΊΠΈΡ‚ΡŠwhale
16Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος β†’