Word Origin Summary

라 is attested in Korean. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. RaEnglishborrowed from
2. laFrenchinherited from
3. illamLatininherited from
4. laEnglishborrowed from
5. lāEnglishderived from
6. laItalianderived from
7. laMiddle Frenchinherited from
8. laMiddle Englishderived from

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