Etymology of the French word rapt
the Obsolete French word
raptderived from the Old French word
ratderived from the Latin word
raptus (violent snatching or dragging away; robbery, carrying off)
derived from the Classical Latin word
rapere (drag off; snatch; destroy)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*rep-Derivations in French
rapture,
rapturedDerivations in other languages
Romanian
raptCognates
Danish
rotte, Dutch
rat, Dutch
rot, Dutch
samenrotten, English
rat, French
rat, German
Ratte, German
Rotte, Icelandic
rotta, Italian
ratto, Norwegian
rode, Russian
poтa, Spanish
rapto, Spanish
rato, Swedish
rotta, Swedish
roteUsage
Word found in Obsolete French
