Etymograph

English

enrapture

From en- + rapture.

A compound of en- + rapture

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- ‘to take away, snatch’

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Proto-Italic *rapjō ‘to seize, take away’

Latin rapiō ‘snatch, carry off’

Latin raptūra

Middle French rapture

English rapture

Today it means

verb To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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