Where does “rapid” come from?
rapid (Romanian) comes from French rapide, from Italian rapido, from Spanish rápido, from Latin rapidus, from Latin rapiō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rp-i-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
rapid (Romanian): fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, prompt,...
Definitions
- fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, prompt,...
Ancestry of “rapid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | rapide | fast, rapid; fast; rapidly; quickly; rapid |
| 2 | Italian | rapido | quick, fast, rapid |
| 3 | Spanish | rápido | rapid, quick, fast; rapidly, quickly, fast; rapid |
| 4 | Latin | rapidus | rapid, quick, swift; fierce, seizing; hasty,... |
| 5 | Latin | rapiō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rp-i- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rep- | to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to... |