Where does “ratelessly” come from?
ratelessly (English) comes from English rateless, from English rate, from French rate, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō — to scrape.
ratelessly (English): In a rateless manner; in a manner that employs a...
Definitions
- In a rateless manner; in a manner that employs a...
Ancestry of “ratelessly”, step by step
ratelessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rateless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rateless | Describing a family of codes whose higher rate... |
| 2 | English | rate | The worth of something; value; The proportional... |
| 3 | French | rate | spleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;... |
| 4 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 5 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 6 | Old French | rat | rat rodent |
| 7 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |