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Where does “rashless” come from?

rashless (English) comes from English rash, from Old French rasche, from Latin rasicare, from Latin rasus, from Latin radere, from Latin rado, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

rashless (English): Without a rash

Definitions

  1. Without a rash

Ancestry of “rashless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrashActing too quickly without considering the risks...
2Old Frenchrascherash, scurf
3Latinrasicareto scrape
4Latinrasusscraped, shaved
5Latinraderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatinradoI scrape, shave, scratch; I rub, smooth; I touch...
7Proto-Italicrazdō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
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