Where does “ratear” come from?

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

ratear (Spanish): to apportion; to steal; to play hookey

Definitions

  1. to apportion; to steal; to play hookey

Ancestry of “ratear”, step by step

ratear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
2Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
3Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Spanish rata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishratastingy, miser, tight-fisted; rat, jerk; rat,...
2Vulgar Latinrattusrat
3Proto-Germanicrattazrat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Italic rēōr