Where does “rapante” come from?

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

rapante (Italian): present participle of rapare

Definitions

  1. present participle of rapare

Ancestry of “rapante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianrapareTo crop; to shave closely; to scalp
2Italianrapaturnip; inflection of rapare: ## third-person...
3Latinrāpa—
4Latinrāpumturnip
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrap-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rap- →