Where does “ravishment” come from?
ravishment (English) comes from English ravish, from Middle English ravyschen, from Old French ravis-, 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...
ravishment (English): ecstasy; seizure by force; rape
Definitions
- ecstasy; seizure by force; rape
Ancestry of “ravishment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ravish | To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by... |
| 2 | Middle English | ravyschen | — |
| 3 | Old French | ravis- | — |
| 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... |