Etymograph

English

racial

From race + -ial.

A compound of race + -ial

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- ‘to flow’

Proto-Germanic *rēsō ‘a course’

Old Norse rás ‘a running’

Middle English race

English race

Today it means

adj Of or relating to a race (or a people).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / racial