Where does “raffle” come from?
Raffle comes from Middle English rafle, from Old French rafle and the verb rafler, from Frankish raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic hrapōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots (s)kreb(h)-, (s)ker-, and sek- meaning to scratch or cut.
raffle (English): A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which...
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- A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which...
Ancestry of “raffle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | rafle | — |
| 2 | Old French | rafle | — |
| 3 | Old French | rafler | to snatch, seize, carry off; to plunder |
| 4 | Frankish | raffolōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrapōną | to scratch, scrape; to graze, make contact ,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb(h)- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |
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