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Where does “alrapidi” come from?

alrapidi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto rapidi, from Esperanto rapida, from English rapid, from French rapide, from Italian rapido, from Spanish rápido, from Latin rapidus, from Latin rapiō — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

alrapidi (Esperanto): to hasten or hurry toward; to approach rapidly

Definitions

  1. to hasten or hurry toward; to approach rapidly

Ancestry of “alrapidi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantorapidiTo hasten, hurry
2Esperantorapidaquick, fast, rapid
3EnglishrapidVery swift or quick; Steep, changing altitude...
4Frenchrapidefast, rapid; fast; rapidly; quickly; rapid
5Italianrapidoquick, fast, rapid
6Spanishrápidorapid, quick, fast; rapidly, quickly, fast; rapid
7Latinrapidusrapid, quick, swift; fierce, seizing; hasty,...
8Latinrapiō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
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