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Where does “rage” come from?

rage (Middle French) comes from Old French rage, from Latin rabia, from Latin rabiēs, from Latin rabiō, from Proto-Indo-European rebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European lebʰ- — youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,...

Ancestry of “rage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchragerage; ire; fury
2Latinrabiarage
3Latinrabiēs—
4Latinrabiō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrebʰ-rib; violent
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlebʰ-youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,...

Words derived from “rage”

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