Where does “rashly” come from?
Rashly derives from English rash through Old English -līċ (meaning "like" or "in the manner of"), Latin rasus (meaning "scraped" or "abraded"), Latin radere (meaning "to scrape"), and Proto-Indo-European līg-.
rashly (English): in a rash manner; with precipitation; hastily
Definitions
- in a rash manner; with precipitation; hastily
Ancestry of “rashly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rash | Acting too quickly without considering the risks... |
| 2 | Old French | rasche | rash, scurf |
| 3 | Latin | rasicare | to scrape |
| 4 | Latin | rasus | scraped, shaved |
| 5 | Latin | radere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | rado | I scrape, shave, scratch; I rub, smooth; I touch... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |