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Where does “wraprascal” come from?

wraprascal (English) comes from English rascal, from Middle English rascaile, from Old French rascaille, from Old French rasque, from Vulgar Latin rasico, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

wraprascal (English): A kind of coarse overcoat

Definitions

  1. A kind of coarse overcoat

Ancestry of “wraprascal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrascalA dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a...
2Middle Englishrascailepeople of the lowest class; rabble of an army
3Old Frenchrascaillerabble; mob
4Old Frenchrasquemud, filth, scab, dregs
5Vulgar Latinrasicoto scrape
6Latinrāsus—
7Latinrādō—
8Proto-Italicrazdō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
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