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Where does “rapistrum” come from?

rapistrum (Latin) comes from Latin -astrum, from Latin -aster — pater + API → patraster.

rapistrum (Latin): wild rape

Definitions

  1. wild rape

Ancestry of “rapistrum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-astrum—
2Latin-asterpater + API → patraster
Every word from Latin -aster →