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Where does “rastel” come from?

rastel (Old French) comes 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...

Ancestry of “rastel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrāstellus—
2Latinrasterto scrape
3Latinrāstrum—
4Latin-trumforming instrument nouns
5Proto-Italic-trom—
6Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
7Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “rastel”

  • râtelier
  • râteau
  • râté
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