Where does “rapine” come from?
Rapine comes from Old French rapine, from Latin rapina, derived from the Latin verb rapere, meaning to seize or plunder, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep-.
rapine (English): The seizure of someone's property by force;...
Definitions
- The seizure of someone's property by force;...
Ancestry of “rapine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | rapine | — |
| 2 | Latin | rapīna | robbery, plundering, pillage, rapine |
| 3 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |