Where does “Rakete” come from?

Rakete (German) comes from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Rakete (German): rocket, missile

Definitions

  1. rocket, missile

Ancestry of “Rakete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
2Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
3Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
4English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
5Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
6Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
7Latin-ātused
8Proto-Italic-ātos
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “Rakete

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos
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