Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “rathere” come from?

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

Ancestry of “rathere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhraþorsooner, quicker
2Old Englishhræþesoon
3Proto-West Germanic*hraþō—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō →