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Where does “razee” come from?

razee (English) comes from French rasé, from French raser, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin raso, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

razee (English): An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and...

Definitions

  1. An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and...

Ancestry of “razee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrasépast participle of raser; shaven; shaved
2Frenchraserto shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze
3Old Frenchraserto shave
4Vulgar Latinrasodative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter...
5Latinrāsus—
6Latinrādō—
7Proto-Italicrazdō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
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