Where does “raionare” come from?
raionare (Romanian) comes from Romanian raiona, from Romanian raion, from Russian райо́н, from French rayon, from French raï, from Old French rai, from Latin radius, from English -án.
raionare (Romanian): zoning
Definitions
- zoning
Ancestry of “raionare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | raiona | to divide into departments |
| 2 | Romanian | raion | raion administrative unit |
| 3 | Russian | райо́н | district |
| 4 | French | rayon | radius; ray, beam; spoke |
| 5 | French | raï | raï form of music originating from Algeria |
| 6 | Old French | rai | beam; ray |
| 7 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Middle English | -an | — |