Proto-Indo-European

*h₁reh₁p-

‘to take away, snatch’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-, most familiar first.

• rape ← rapen ← rapiō ← *rapjō ← *h₁r̥h₁pyéti
• rapid ← rapide ← rapidus ← rapiō ← *rapjō
• grave ← greyve ← greifi ← grēve ← grāvio
• repent ← rēpēns ← rēpō ← *rēpō
• rapture ← raptūra ← rapiō ← *rapjō ← *h₁r̥h₁pyéti
• raptor ← raptour ← rapiō ← *rapjō ← *h₁r̥h₁pyéti
• ravine ← ravin ← raviner ← rapīna ← rapiō
• graf ← grâve ← grāfio ← *garāfijō ← *ga-
• reeve ← reve ← rēfa ← *garāfijō ← *ga-
• graff ← Graf ← grâve ← grāfio ← *garāfijō
• rapt ← raptus ← rapio ← *rapjō ← *h₁r̥h₁pyéti
• rapacious ← rapāx ← rapiō ← *rapjō ← *h₁r̥h₁pyéti

More words from *h₁reh₁p-

• rapidity
• surreptitious
• rapine
• raptus
• correption
• direption
• irreptitious
• irreption
• obreption
• rapter
• raptorious
• reptation
• reptant
• repichnion

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-