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Where does “rage” come from?

rage (Old French) comes 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,...

rage (Old French): rage; ire; fury

Definitions

  1. rage; ire; fury

Ancestry of “rage”, step by step

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

Words derived from “rage”

  • rage
  • raging
  • enrage
  • enraging
  • rageful
  • rager
  • rageth
  • ragingly
  • ragefully
  • enragement
  • rageaholic
  • radge
  • enragingly
  • ragest
  • rageless
  • ragefulness
  • ragelike
  • ragequitter
  • rageholic
  • ragequit
  • enragest
  • radgie
  • unrage
  • raging agreement
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