Where does “rape” come from?
rape (Spanish) comes from French râpé, from Old French rasper, from Latin raspāre, from Frankish hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic hraspōną, from Proto-Germanic hrespaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- — to cut, cut off, sever.
rape (Spanish): snuff
Definitions
- snuff
Ancestry of “rape”, step by step
rape traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French râpé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | râpé | past participle of râper; grated |
| 2 | Old French | rasper | to grate, scratch |
| 3 | Latin | raspāre | scrape, scratch |
| 4 | Frankish | hraspōn | to rasp, to grate, to scratch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hraspōną | to rasp, grate, scrape; to steal |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrespaną | to tear; rip; to plunder |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krebʰ- | to turn; bend; shrink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Spanish rapar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | rapar | to shave; to crop; to rob, steal |
| 2 | Gothic | 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐍀𐍉𐌽 | to pull out |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hrapōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb(h)- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |