Proto-Italic

*rapjō

‘to seize, take away’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *rapjō.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *rapjō, most familiar first.

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

More words from *rapjō

• direption
• rapter
• raptorious

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *rapjō