Where does “rapidité” come from?
rapidité (French) comes from Latin rapiditas, from Latin rapidus, from Latin rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
rapidité (French): swiftness, fastness, quickness
Definitions
- swiftness, fastness, quickness
Ancestry of “rapidité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | rapiditas | swiftness, velocity, rapidity |
| 2 | Latin | rapidus | rapid, quick, swift; fierce, seizing; hasty,... |
| 3 | Latin | rapiō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rp-i- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rep- | to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to... |