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Where does “rathe” come from?

rathe (Middle English) comes from Old English hræþe, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō.

rathe (Middle English): eager, decisive; rash, hasty, angry; important,...

Definitions

  1. eager, decisive; rash, hasty, angry; important,...

Ancestry of “rathe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhræþesoon
2Proto-West Germanic*hraþō—

Words derived from “rathe”

  • rath
  • rathe
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō →