Where does “ракетка” come from?
ракетка (Russian) comes from Russian раке́та, from Dutch raket, from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
ракетка (Russian): racket, racquet
Definitions
- racket, racquet
Ancestry of “ракетка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | раке́та | rocket |
| 2 | Dutch | raket | rocket, missile; firework; a type of ice cream in... |
| 3 | German | Rakete | rocket, missile |
| 4 | Italian | rocchetta | incendiary rocket |
| 5 | Italian | rocchetto | spool; reel; coil |
| 6 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 7 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 8 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 9 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 10 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |