English
rakeback
From rake + back.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten, right oneself’
Proto-Germanic *rakō ‘tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake’
Old English raca ‘tool with a row of pointed teeth, rake’
Middle English rake
English rake
Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak ‘the back’
English back
Today it means
noun A rebate on the rake paid by a poker player.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rakeback”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / rakeback