Where does “rapt” come from?

Rapt comes from Latin raptus, the past participle of rapio meaning to seize or carry off, derived from Proto-Italic rapiō and Proto-Indo-European h₁rep-.

rapt (English): Snatched, taken away; abducted; Lifted up into...

Definitions

  1. Snatched, taken away; abducted; Lifted up into...

Ancestry of “rapt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraptussnatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “rapt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →