Where does “rasa” come from?
rasa (Tagalog) comes from Spanish raza, from Old Spanish raça, from Vulgar Latin radia, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.
rasa (Tagalog): race
Definitions
- race
Ancestry of “rasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | raza | race, ethnicity; breed, strain, lineage; cleft,... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | raça | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | radia | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 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 | — |