Where does “rata” come from?
rata (French) comes from French rater, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
rata (French): third-person singular past historic of rater
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of rater
Ancestry of “rata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | rater | to miss; to fail; to screw up; to mess up |
| 2 | French | rat | rat; sweetheart; scrooch |
| 3 | Middle French | rat | rat |
| 4 | Old French | rat | rat |
| 5 | Old High German | rato | rat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ratō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |