Where does “rapter” come from?

rapter (English) comes from Middle English raptour, from Latin raptor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Ancestry of “rapter”, step by step

rapter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English raptour

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishraptour—
2LatinraptorA thief, robber, plunderer; An abductor,...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via English rapt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishraptSnatched, taken away; abducted; Lifted up into...
2Latinraptussnatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin raptor →