Where does “rapture” come from?

rapture (Latin) comes from Latin rapturus, from Latin rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

rapture (Latin): vocative masculine singular of raptūrus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of raptūrus

Ancestry of “rapture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrapturusabout to snatch, about to grab, about to carry...
2Latinrapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i- →Every word from Latin rapiō →