Where does “rapire” come from?

rapire (Neapolitan) comes from Latin adaperio, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

rapire (Neapolitan): to open

Definitions

  1. to open

Ancestry of “rapire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadaperioto open fully, throw open
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →