Where does “rapa” come from?

rapa (Italian) comes from Latin rāpa, from Latin rāpum, from Proto-Indo-European rap-.

rapa (Italian): turnip; inflection of rapare: ## third-person...

Definitions

  1. turnip; inflection of rapare: ## third-person...

Ancestry of “rapa”, step by step

rapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin rāpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrāpa—
2Latinrāpumturnip
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrap-—

via Italian cavolo rapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancavolo rapakohlrabi

Words derived from “rapa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rap- →