myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of rapto

Etymology of the Spanish word rapto

the Spanish word rapto

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-

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