Where does “rapacity” come from?
Rapacity comes from French rapacité, from Latin rapacitas meaning greed or plundering, formed from rapax with the Latin suffix -itas derived from Proto-Indo-European -it-.
rapacity (English): The quality of being rapacious; voracity
Definitions
- The quality of being rapacious; voracity
Ancestry of “rapacity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rapacious | Voracious; avaricious; Given to taking by force... |
| 2 | Latin | rapāx | grasping; greedy of plunder; rapacious |
| 3 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |