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Where does “rapto” come from?

rapto (Portuguese) comes from Latin raptus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

rapto (Portuguese): abduction, kidnap; theft; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. abduction, kidnap; theft; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “rapto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinraptussnatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →