Where does “rapière” come from?
rapière (French) comes from Middle French rapiere, from Old French rapiere, from Spanish raspadera, from Spanish raspar, from Latin raspāre, from Frankish hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic hraspōną, from Proto-Germanic hrespaną — to cut, cut off, sever.
rapière (French): rapier
Definitions
- rapier
Ancestry of “rapière”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | rapiere | — |
| 2 | Old French | rapiere | — |
| 3 | Spanish | raspadera | poker; raker; scraper |
| 4 | Spanish | raspar | to file down or sand down; to scrape; to scratch,... |
| 5 | Latin | raspāre | scrape, scratch |
| 6 | Frankish | hraspōn | to rasp, to grate, to scratch |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hraspōną | to rasp, grate, scrape; to steal |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrespaną | to tear; rip; to plunder |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krebʰ- | to turn; bend; shrink |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |