Where does “ravagement” come from?
ravagement (English) comes from English ravage, from French ravage, from French ravir, from Old French ravir, from Vulgar Latin rapire, from Latin rapere, from Proto-Italic rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
ravagement (English): An act of ravaging
Definitions
- An act of ravaging
Ancestry of “ravagement”, step by step
ravagement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ravage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ravage | To devastate or destroy something; To pillage or... |
| 2 | French | ravage | singular of ravages; The act of laying waste;... |
| 3 | French | ravir | to ravish; to ravish, delight or thrill; to... |
| 4 | Old French | ravir | to ravish |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | rapire | — |
| 6 | Latin | rapere | present active infinitive of rapiō; second-person... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rapiō | seize, take away |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rp-i- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rep- | to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to... |