Where does “radio-” come from?

radio- (Spanish) comes from French radio-, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

radio- (Spanish): radio

Definitions

  1. radio

Ancestry of “radio-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchradio-radio
2Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
3English-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
4Middle English-an—

Words derived from “radio-”

Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →