Where does “отрадный” come from?
отрадный (Russian) comes from Russian отра́да, from Russian рад, from Russian радиан, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
отрадный (Russian): pleasing, pleasant, comforting
Definitions
- pleasing, pleasant, comforting
Ancestry of “отрадный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | отра́да | delight, joy, comfort |
| 2 | Russian | рад | glad; rad; API • m inan |
| 3 | Russian | радиан | — |
| 4 | Latin | radius | ray; staff, rod; spoke |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Middle English | -an | — |