Where does “rating” come from?

rating (Portuguese) comes from English rating, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

rating (Portuguese): credit rating an evaluation of status, especially of financial status

Definitions

  1. credit rating an evaluation of status, especially of financial status

Ancestry of “rating”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishratingpresent participle of rate; A position on a...
2Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
3Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
4Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-