Where does “rascar” come from?
rascar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese rascar, from Latin rasicare, from Latin rasus, from Latin radere, from Latin rado, from Proto-Italic razdō, from Proto-Indo-European rh₁d-dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
rascar (Portuguese): to scrape
Definitions
- to scrape
Ancestry of “rascar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | rascar | — |
| 2 | Latin | rasicare | to scrape |
| 3 | Latin | rasus | scraped, shaved |
| 4 | Latin | radere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | rado | I scrape, shave, scratch; I rub, smooth; I touch... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |