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Where does “ravi” come from?

ravi (French) comes from French ravir, from Old French ravir, from Vulgar Latin rapire, from Latin rapere, from Proto-Italic rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

ravi (French): thrilled, overjoyed, delighted, ravished,...

Definitions

  1. thrilled, overjoyed, delighted, ravished,...

Ancestry of “ravi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchravirto ravish; to ravish, delight or thrill; to...
2Old Frenchravirto ravish
3Vulgar Latinrapire—
4Latinraperepresent active infinitive of rapiō; second-person...
5Proto-Italicrapiōseize, take away
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
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