raad · noun1
- Middle English · inherited fromræd“counsel”
- Dutch · borrowed fromraad“counsel”
- English todayraad
From Dutch raad (“counsel”), cognate with Middle English ræd (“counsel”).
raad · noun2
- Proto-Semitic*raʕd-
- Arabicرَعَدَ (raʕada)
- Arabicرَعْد (raʕd)
- English todayraad
Borrowed from Arabic رَعْد (raʕd, “thunder”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.