Where does “ravir” come from?

ravir (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin rapire, from Latin rapere, from Proto-Italic rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

ravir (Old French): to ravish

Definitions

  1. to ravish

Ancestry of “ravir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinrapire—
2Latinraperepresent active infinitive of rapiō; second-person...
3Proto-Italicrapiōseize, take away
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rp-i-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

Words derived from “ravir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i- →Every word from Proto-Italic rapiō →