Etymology of the English word raster
the English word
rasterderived from the German word
rasterderived from the Latin word
rasterderived from the Latin word
rastrum (drag-hoe)
derived 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 raster in English dates from the 20th century.
Cognates
Dutch
raster, German
Raster, Norwegian
raster, Swedish
rasterUsage
Word found in Modern English
