English
radeau
Radeau comes from French radeau ‘raft’, and goes back to Latin ratis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEratis‘raft’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500radel
- Frenchc. 1600–presentradeau‘raft’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEratis‘raft’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500radel
- Frenchc. 1600–presentradeau‘raft’
- Englishearliest quotation 1859same form
Earliest quotation: 1859, Washington Irving: “Then three vessels under sail, and one at anchor,…”
Every English word from Latin ratis
Today it means
noun A float; a raft.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ratis / radeau