Etymograph

English

rayadillo

Rayadillo comes from Spanish rayadillo ‘striped cotton cloth’, from rayar ‘to scratch, gouge’, and ultimately from Latin radius ‘spoke of a wheel’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEradius‘spoke of a wheel’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEradiōas radiāre
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentrayar‘to scratch, gouge’
  4. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentrayadillo‘striped cotton cloth’literally ‘finely striped’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEradius‘spoke of a wheel’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEradiōas radiāre
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentrayar‘to scratch, gouge’
  4. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentrayadillo‘striped cotton cloth’literally ‘finely striped’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Borrowed from Spanish rayadillo (“striped cotton cloth”, literally “finely striped”), from rayar + -ado + -illo.

Linked words

through Latin radius ‘spoke of a wheel’

ray, radius, radial, rayon, 6 more

through Latin radiō

laser, radiation, radiant, radiate, 1 more

Today it means

noun A blue-and-white striped cotton or flannel material used to make the military uniforms worn by Spanish colonial soldiers from the mid 19th century until the early 20th Century.

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

Etymograph / Latin radius / rayadillo

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