Where does “Raia” come from?

Raia (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin radia, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

Raia (Portuguese): ray

Definitions

  1. ray

Ancestry of “Raia”, step by step

Raia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin radia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinradiasecond-person singular present active imperative...
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—

via Portuguese Raio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseRaioray

Words derived from “Raia”

Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →