Where does “raticida” come from?

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

raticida (Spanish): rat poison

Definitions

  1. rat poison

Ancestry of “raticida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishratastingy, miser, tight-fisted; rat, jerk; rat,...
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
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