Where does “rattrapage” come from?
rattrapage (French) comes from French rattraper, from French attraper, from French trapper, from French trappe, from Middle French trappe, from Old French trape, from Medieval Latin trappa, from Frankish trappa — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
rattrapage (French): act of catching; catching up; recovery
Definitions
- act of catching; catching up; recovery
Ancestry of “rattrapage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rattraper | to get back; to catch up; to catch |
| 2 | French | attraper | to trap; to catch |
| 3 | French | trapper | To trap |
| 4 | French | trappe | hatch or trap door; trap |
| 5 | Middle French | trappe | — |
| 6 | Old French | trape | trap; hiding place |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | trappa | — |
| 8 | Frankish | trappa | trap, snare |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | trap- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dreb- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |