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Where does “ratissage” come from?

ratissage (French) comes from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

ratissage (French): raking, combing, sweeping; search, search and...

Definitions

  1. raking, combing, sweeping; search, search and...

Ancestry of “ratissage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
2Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum—

Words derived from “ratissage”

  • ratissage
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