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Where does “Rate” come from?

Rate (German) comes from Italian rata, from Latin rata, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Rate (German): rate; installment, instalment

Definitions

  1. rate; installment, instalment

Ancestry of “Rate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianratainstalment
2Latinratainflection of ratus: ## nominative/vocative...
3Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
4Latinrēōr—
5Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “Rate”

  • Wachstumsrate
  • Leckrate
  • Abdampfrate
  • Inflationsrate
  • Einfangrate
  • ratierlich
  • ráta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →