Where does “rapire” come from?

rapire (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin rapire, from Latin rapere, from Proto-Italic rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

rapire (Italian): To kidnap or abduct; To captivate

Definitions

  1. To kidnap or abduct; To captivate

Ancestry of “rapire”, step by step

rapire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin rapire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinrapire—
2Latinraperepresent active infinitive of rapiō; second-person...
3Proto-Italicrapiōseize, take away
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

via Latin raptus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraptussnatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “rapire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i- →Every word from Proto-Italic rapiō →