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Where does “rastin” come from?

rastin (Old French) comes 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 “rastin”, step by step

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

Words derived from “rastin”

  • ratteen
  • ratine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →