Where does “rapt” come from?

rapt (French) comes from Latin raptus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

rapt (French): kidnapping, abduction

Definitions

  1. kidnapping, abduction

Ancestry of “rapt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraptussnatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “rapt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin raptus →