Where does “rascaile” come from?

rascaile (Middle English) comes from Old French rascaille, from Old French rasque, from Vulgar Latin rasico, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

rascaile (Middle English): people of the lowest class; rabble of an army

Definitions

  1. people of the lowest class; rabble of an army

Ancestry of “rascaile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrascaillerabble; mob
2Old Frenchrasquemud, filth, scab, dregs
3Vulgar Latinrasicoto scrape
4Latinrāsusscraped, shaved
5Latinrādōto scrape, shave, scratch
6Proto-Italicrazdō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrh₁d-dʰ-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “rascaile”

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