Etymology of the English word rascal
the English word
rascalderived from the Old French word
rascaillederived from the Old French word
rasquederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*rasicarederived from the Classical Latin word
radere (to scrape; shave; scratch, scrape)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*red-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*rēd-Date
The earliest known usage of rascal in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
berascal,
rascality,
rascallyUsage
Word found in Modern English
