Etymology Explorer › PortugueseWhere does “rato” come from? rato (Portuguese) comes from Latin raptus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
rato (Portuguese): rat; mouse; burglar; petty thief
Definitions rat; mouse; burglar; petty thief Ancestry of “rato”, step by step rato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin raptus Step Language Word Meaning 1 Latin raptus snatched, having been snatched, grabbed, having... 2 Latin -tus Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... 3 Proto-Italic -tus — 4 Proto-Indo-European -tus Derives action nouns from verb roots
via Vulgar Latin rattus Step Language Word Meaning 1 Vulgar Latin rattus rat 2 Proto-Germanic rattaz rat 3 Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- to scrape
Words derived from “rato”