Where does “raptus” come from?

raptus (English) comes from Latin raptus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

raptus (English): A seizure; A state of rapture

Definitions

  1. A seizure; A state of rapture

Ancestry of “raptus”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin raptus →