Where does “rapee” come from?

rapee (English) comes from English rape, from Middle English rape, from Latin rāpa, from Latin rāpum, from Proto-Indo-European rap-.

rapee (English): A victim of rape

Definitions

  1. A victim of rape

Ancestry of “rapee”, step by step

rapee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rape

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrapeThe taking of something by force; seizure,...
2Middle Englishrapegrape stalk, rasper
3Latinrāpa—
4Latinrāpumturnip
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrap-—

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rap- →