Where does “rapeseed” come from?
Rapeseed comes from English rape, from Latin rapere meaning "to seize," ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- and sed-.
rapeseed (English): The seed of the rape plant, "Brassica napus",...
Definitions
- The seed of the rape plant, "Brassica napus",...
Ancestry of “rapeseed”, step by step
rapeseed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English seed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seed | A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an... |
| 2 | English | See | — |
| 3 | Middle English | seen | to see |
| 4 | Old English | sēon | to be; to filter; to see, look, behold, perceive,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sehwan | to see |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sehwaną | to see |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |