Where does “rapaio” come from?
rapaio (Italian) comes from Italian rapa, from Latin rāpa, from Latin rāpum, from Proto-Indo-European rap-.
rapaio (Italian): turnip bed; turnip field
Ancestry of “rapaio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | rapa | turnip; inflection of rapare:
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| 2 | Latin | rāpa | — |
| 3 | Latin | rāpum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | rap- | — |