Where does “rattles” come from?

Rattles derives from English rattle, which comes from Arabic رَطْل, itself from Arabic رِطْل, derived from Ancient Greek λίτρα, which borrowed from Aramaic לִיטְרָא, ultimately from Ancient Greek λίτρα.

rattles (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “rattles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrattlea sound made by loose objects shaking or...
2Arabicرَطْل—
3Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
4Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
5Frenchlitrelitre
6Medieval Latinlitra—
7Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
8Proto-Italic*līðrāingot
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →