Where does “rapidità” come from?

rapidità (Italian) comes from Latin rapiditas, from Latin rapidus, from Latin rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

rapidità (Italian): speed, rapidity

Definitions

  1. speed, rapidity

Ancestry of “rapidità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrapiditasswiftness, velocity, rapidity
2Latinrapidusrapid, quick, swift; fierce, seizing; hasty,...
3Latinrapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
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