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
- present participle of rapare
Ancestry of “rapante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | rapare | To crop; to shave closely; to scalp |
| 2 | Italian | rapa | turnip; inflection of rapare:
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| 3 | Latin | rāpa | — |
| 4 | Latin | rāpum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | rap- | — |