Latin

rapiō

‘to snatch (oneself)’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin rapiō.

15 English words in this record descend from Latin rapiō, most familiar first.

• rape ← rapen
• rapid ← rapide ← rapidus
• rapture ← raptūra
• raptor ← raptour
• ravine ← ravin ← raviner ← rapīna
• rapt ← raptus
• rapacious ← rapāx
• rapidity ← rapidité ← rapiditas ← rapidus
• ravin ← ravein ← rapīna
• rapine ← rapyne ← rapīna
• raptus
• correption ← correptio ← corripiō

More words from rapiō

• direption
• rapter
• raptorious

Etymograph / Latin rapiō