Where does “razor” come from?
Razor comes from Old French rasour, derived from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin raso, the past participle of Latin radere meaning "to scrape," traced back through Proto-Italic razdō to Proto-Indo-European reh₁d-.
razor (English): A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in...
Definitions
- A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in...
Ancestry of “razor”, step by step
razor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English rasour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | rasour | razor |
| 2 | Old French | rasour | — |
| 3 | Old French | raser | to shave |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | raso | dative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter... |
| 5 | Latin | rāsus | scraped, shaved |
| 6 | Latin | rādō | to scrape, shave, scratch |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |
via Bulgarian разор
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | разор | — |