Where does “raster” come from?

raster (Dutch) comes from German Raster, from Latin raster, from Latin rāstrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

raster (Dutch): grid; raster

Definitions

  1. grid; raster

Ancestry of “raster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRasterraster; framework, schema
2Latinrasterto scrape
3Latinrāstrumrake, hoe, mattock
4Latin-trumforming instrument nouns
5Proto-Italic-tromsuffix forming instrument nouns from verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
7Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr
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