Etymology of the English word raise
the English word
raisederived from the Old Norse word
reisaderived from the Old Norse word
reisaderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*er-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*raizjanDate
The earliest known usage of raise in English dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in English
raised,
raisingUsage
Word found in Modern English
