Where does “Rapunzel” come from?

Rapunzel (German) comes from Latin rapuntium, from Latin rapunculus, from Latin rapum, from Proto-Indo-European rap.

Rapunzel (German): lamb's lettuce; rampion; spiked rampion

Definitions

  1. lamb's lettuce; rampion; spiked rampion

Ancestry of “Rapunzel”, step by step

Rapunzel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin rapuntium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrapuntium—
2Latinrapunculus—
3Latinrapumturnip
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrap—

via Latin rapuncium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrapuncium—
2LatinradixA root; A radish; The lower part of an object;...
3Proto-Italicwrād-ī-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “Rapunzel”

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