Where does “rata” come from?

rata (Spanish) comes from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

rata (Spanish): stingy, miser, tight-fisted; rat, jerk; rat,...

Definitions

  1. stingy, miser, tight-fisted; rat, jerk; rat,...

Ancestry of “rata”, step by step

rata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin rēōr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
2Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Vulgar Latin rattus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinrattusrat
2Proto-Germanicrattazrat
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “rata”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →