Where does “ravish” come from?

Ravish comes from Middle English ravyschen, from Old French ravis-.

ravish (English): To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by...

Definitions

  1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by...

Ancestry of “ravish”, step by step

ravish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English ravyschen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishravyschen—
2Old Frenchravis-—
3Old Frenchravirto ravish
4Vulgar Latinrapire—
5Latinraperepresent active infinitive of rapiō; second-person...
6Proto-Italicrapiōseize, take away
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

via Chagatai روش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chagataiروش—
2Classical Persianرَوِش—

Words derived from “ravish”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i- →Every word from Proto-Italic rapiō →