myEtymology.com: French etymology of rat

Etymology of the French word rat

the Old French word rat

derived 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-

Romanian raticid

Danish rotte, Dutch rat, Dutch rot, Dutch samenrotten, English rat, French rapt, German Ratte, German Rotte, Icelandic rotta, Italian ratto, Norwegian rode, Russian poтa, Spanish rapto, Spanish rato, Swedish rotta, Swedish rote

Word found in Old French