Where does “raya” come from?

raya (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin radia, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

raya (Spanish): line; limit; parting

Definitions

  1. line; limit; parting

Ancestry of “raya”, step by step

raya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin radia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinradiasecond-person singular present active imperative...
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—

via Latin raia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraiaray
2Proto-Italicrajjā—

Words derived from “raya”

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