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Where does “raster” come from?

raster (Latin) comes from Latin rāstrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

raster (Latin): to scrape

Definitions

  1. to scrape

Ancestry of “raster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrāstrum—
2Latin-trumforming instrument nouns
3Proto-Italic-trom—
4Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
5Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “raster”

  • raster
  • rasterization
  • rasterize
  • rasterizer
  • rastering
  • ratteen
  • rasterisation
  • rasterise
  • nonraster
  • rastellus
  • rastrello
  • rastrellare
  • rastrellatura
  • râtelier
  • râteau
  • ratine
  • Raster
  • rastelar
  • rastelo
  • rastin
  • rastel
  • râté
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