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
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Ancestry of “rattles”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | rattle | a sound made by loose objects shaking or... |
| 2 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 3 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 5 | French | litre | litre |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | — |