Where does “raia” come from?

raia (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese raio, from Old Portuguese rayo, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

raia (Portuguese): stripe; border; limit

Definitions

  1. stripe; border; limit

Ancestry of “raia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseraioray; beam, ray; lightning
2Old Portugueserayo—
3Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
4English-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
5Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →