English
rabot
Rabot comes from French rabot ‘plane (a tool)’, and goes back to Middle Dutch robbe ‘rabbit’.
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500robbe‘rabbit’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrabot‘plane (a tool)’
- Englishtodayrabot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500robbe‘rabbit’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrabot‘plane (a tool)’
- Englishtodayrabot
Every English word from Middle Dutch robbe
Today it means
noun A rubber used in polishing marble.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Dutch robbe / rabot