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): inflection of raten:
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Definitions
- inflection of raten:
## first-person singular...
Ancestry of “rate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | rata | instalment |
| 2 | Latin | rata | inflection of ratus:
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| 3 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 4 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |