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Where does “raketa” come from?

raketa (Czech) comes from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus.

raketa (Czech): rocket; racquet

Definitions

  1. rocket; racquet

Ancestry of “raketa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRaketerocket, missile
2Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
3Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
4Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
5English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
6Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
7Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
8Latin-ātus—
9Proto-Italic-ātos—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tos—

Words derived from “raketa”

  • raket
  • raketodrom
  • raketoplán
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →