Where does “raster” come from?

raster (Late Latin) comes from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

raster (Late Latin): to scrape

Definitions

  1. to scrape

Ancestry of “raster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
2Proto-Italicrazdō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “raster”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic razdō →