Where does “racha” come from?
racha (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese rachar, from Old Portuguese reachar, from Latin acha, from Late Latin ascla, from Latin assula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
racha (Portuguese): crack; fissure; a piece of split wood; sliver;...
Definitions
- crack; fissure; a piece of split wood; sliver;...
Ancestry of “racha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | rachar | to crack; to split, cleave; to slit |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | reachar | — |
| 3 | Latin | acha | to chip, to crack |
| 4 | Late Latin | ascla | — |
| 5 | Latin | assula | splinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |