Where does “raser” come from?

raser (French) comes from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin raso, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

raser (French): to shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze

Definitions

  1. to shave; to brush, lightly touch; to raze

Ancestry of “raser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchraserto shave
2Vulgar Latinrasodative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter...
3Latinrāsusscraped, shaved
4Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
5Proto-Italicrazdō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “raser

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d-