Where does “rate” come from?
Rate comes from Middle English rate, from Old Norse hrata, from Proto-Germanic hratōną, from Proto-Indo-European krad-, with a cognate in Latin ratus from reor, traceable to Proto-Italic rēōr and Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-.
rate (English): The worth of something; value; The proportional...
Definitions
- The worth of something; value; The proportional...
Ancestry of “rate”, step by step
rate traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French rate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 2 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 3 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 4 | Old French | rat | rat rodent |
| 5 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
via Middle English rate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | rate | — |
| 2 | Old French | rate | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | rata | inflection of ratus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |