Where does “raspy” come from?
Raspy comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, and Latin -ia, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
raspy (English): Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal...
Definitions
- Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal...
Ancestry of “raspy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rasp | A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences... |
| 2 | Middle English | raspen | to scratch; to score |
| 3 | Old French | rasper | to grate, scratch |
| 4 | Latin | raspāre | scrape, scratch |
| 5 | Frankish | hraspōn | to rasp, to grate, to scratch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hraspōną | to rasp, grate, scrape; to steal |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrespaną | to tear; rip; to plunder |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krebʰ- | to turn; bend; shrink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |