Where does “eripiens” come from?
eripiens (Latin) comes from Latin eripio, from Latin rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
eripiens (Latin): snatching away; rescuing
Ancestry of “eripiens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | eripio | I rescue; I preempt, I snatch away; I escape |
| 2 | Latin | rapiō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rp-i- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rep- | to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to... |