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Where does “раси́зм” come from?

раси́зм (Russian) comes from French racisme, from French race, from Middle French rasse, from Italian razza, from Italian razzo, from Italian raggio, from Latin radius, from English -án.

Ancestry of “раси́зм”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchracismeracism
2Frenchracerace; kind; breed
3Middle Frenchrasse—
4Italianrazzarace, breed; kind, type; family, descent
5Italianrazzoskyrocket; Ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione;...
6Italianraggioray, beam, shaft; spoke; radius
7Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
8English-án—
9Middle English-an—

Words derived from “раси́зм”

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