Where does “rateable” come from?
Rateable derives from English rate, Middle English -able, Old French -able, and Latin -abilis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European krad- meaning to scratch or scrape.
rateable (English): liable to incur the payment of rates
Definitions
- liable to incur the payment of rates
Ancestry of “rateable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | rate | The worth of something; value; The proportional... |
| 2 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 3 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 4 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 5 | Old French | rat | rat |
| 6 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
Words derived from “rateable”