Raie
/reɪ/noun
A rare English term for a ray or skate, a flat-bodied marine fish.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes through French raie from Latin raia, but the Latin word’s deeper origin remains uncertain rather than magically explainable.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
raia
“A ray or skate, a flat marine fish”
12th–13th Century
Old French
raie
“A ray or skate”
Middle English
English
raie
“A ray or skate; a rare borrowing from French”
14th–15th Century
English
raye
“A ray or skate”
Modern English
English
raie
“A rare variant spelling of ray, referring to the fish”