Where does “rapejar” come from?

rapejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan rap, from Latin rāpum, from Proto-Indo-European rap-.

rapejar (Catalan): to remove the stems (from pomace after pressing)

Definitions

  1. to remove the stems (from pomace after pressing)

Ancestry of “rapejar”, step by step

rapejar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan rap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanrapmonkfish
2Latinrāpumturnip
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrap-

via Catalan rapar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanrapar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rap-Every word from Latin rāpumEvery word from Catalan rap