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Where does “rasare” come from?

rasare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin rasare, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

rasare (Italian): to shave; to trim, clip; to mow

Definitions

  1. to shave; to trim, clip; to mow

Ancestry of “rasare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinrasarepresent active infinitive of *rāsō
2Latinrāsus—
3Latinrādō—
4Proto-Italicrazdō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “rasare”

  • rasatrice
  • raso
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →