Where does “rasatrice” come from?
rasatrice (Italian) comes from Italian rasare, 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.
rasatrice (Italian): shearing machine
Ancestry of “rasatrice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | rasare | to shave; to trim, clip; to mow |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | rasare | present active infinitive of *rāsō |
| 3 | Latin | rāsus | — |
| 4 | Latin | rādō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |