razza

Etymology 1
c. 1300, as masculine, the feminine razza is from the early 14th century. The etymology of this word is, with a large number of controversially discussed suggestions.

Among the most widely accepted suggestions is the one embraced by Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (1922), but was proposed earlier, among others by L. Spitzer (Z. rom. Philol. t. 53, pp. 300-301), which derives the word from (the nominative, as opposed to, from the accusative , which nonetheless was attested with a similar sense to razza in the late Middle Ages; ratio also came to mean "idea" or "conception of something" in Ecclesiastical Latin), and underwent a change of gender later from an original form *razzo, or else derived ultimately from  through apheresis.

Another likely origin is from the Latin, meaning a "cluster or bunch of grapes, berries or similar fruits", from which the French "raisin" is derived.

Other suggestions include,, , (cf. 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) race, breed
 * 2) kind, type
 * 3) family, descent

Etymology 2
From a northern Italian evolution of. .

Noun

 * 1)  ray, stingray, skate

Etymology 3
Variant of, itself a variant of , from.

Noun

 * 1)  spoke (of a wheel)

Etymology
and/or, of uncertain origin.

Noun

 * 1) race, breed, ethnicity