Where does “rapture” come from?

rapture (Middle French) comes from Latin raptūra, from Latin rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

Ancestry of “rapture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraptūra—
2Latinrapiōto snatch, grab, carry off, abduct, rape, steal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

Words derived from “rapture”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i- →Every word from Latin rapiō →