English

toreave

Toreave comes from Middle English toreven.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from to- + reave

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’

Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘two-ways, in twain’

Proto-Germanic *twiz- ‘apart, in two’

Proto-West Germanic *tō-

English to-

Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘to snatch’

Proto-Germanic *raubōną ‘to rob, steal, plunder’

Proto-West Germanic *raubōn ‘to rob, steal, plunder’

Old English rēafian ‘to plunder’

Middle English reven ‘to steal, or rob’

English reave

Every English word from Middle English toreven

verb To take away or remove completely.

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