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Where does “raclage” come from?

raclage (French) comes from French racler, from Occitan rasclar, from Vulgar Latin rasclare, from Latin rāsculāre, from Latin rāsculum, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

raclage (French): curettage, scraping

Definitions

  1. curettage, scraping

Ancestry of “raclage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchraclerto scrape , to scratch
2Occitanrasclar—
3Vulgar Latinrasclare—
4Latinrāsculāre—
5Latinrāsculum—
6Latinrāsus—
7Latinrādō—
8Proto-Italicrazdō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “raclage”

  • raclage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →