Etymograph

English

rasante

Rasante comes from French rasant, from raser ‘to graze’, and ultimately from Latin rāsus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErāsus
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*rāsāre‘shave’reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400raser‘to shave’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to graze’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentrasantpresent participle of raser
  6. Englishtodayrasante

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErāsus
  2. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*rāsāre‘shave’reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400raser‘to shave’
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to graze’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentrasantpresent participle of raser
  6. Englishtodayrasante

Linked words

through Latin rāsus

race, rash, raze, 2 more

through Old French raser ‘to shave’

razor, 1 more

Today it means

adj Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them

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

Etymograph / Latin rāsus / rasante

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