Where does “raser” come from?
raser (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin raso, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
raser (Old French): to shave
Definitions
- to shave
Ancestry of “raser”, step by step
raser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin raso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | raso | dative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter... |
| 2 | Latin | rāsus | scraped, shaved |
| 3 | Latin | rādō | to scrape, shave, scratch |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |
via Vulgar Latin rasare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | rasare | present active infinitive of *rāsō |