Where does “râté” come from?
râté (Norman) comes from Old French rastel, from Latin rāstellus, from Latin raster, from Latin rāstrum, from Latin -trum, from Proto-Italic -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
râté (Norman): rake
Ancestry of “râté”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | rastel | — |
| 2 | Latin | rāstellus | — |
| 3 | Latin | raster | to scrape |
| 4 | Latin | rāstrum | — |
| 5 | Latin | -trum | forming instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -trom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |