Where does “rateu” come from?

rateu (Romanian) comes from French rate, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

rateu (Romanian): misfire

Definitions

  1. misfire

Ancestry of “rateu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchratespleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;...
2Frenchratrat; sweetheart; scrooch
3Middle Frenchratrat
4Old Frenchratrat rodent
5Old High Germanratorat
6Proto-Germanicratō—
7Proto-Germanicrattazrat
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →