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Where does “Raclette” come from?

Raclette (German) comes from French raclette, from French racler, from Occitan rasclar, from Vulgar Latin rasclare, from Latin rāsculāre, from Latin rāsculum, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

Raclette (German): raclette

Definitions

  1. raclette

Ancestry of “Raclette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchracletteraclette; squeegee
2Frenchraclerto scrape , to scratch
3Occitanrasclar—
4Vulgar Latinrasclare—
5Latinrāsculāre—
6Latinrāsculum—
7Latinrāsus—
8Latinrādō—
9Proto-Italicrazdō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw
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