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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
RASE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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RASE,
to scrape, efface, demolish, ruin. (F.,—L.)
Often spelt raze, esp. in the sense to demolish; but it makes no real
difference. See Raze.
M.E. rasen, to scrape; Prompt. Parv.—F.
raser, 'to shave, sheere, raze, or lay levell, to touch or grate on a
thing in passing by it,' Cot.—Low
Lat. rasare, to demolish, graze; frequentative verb formed from rasum,
supine of Lat. radere, to scrape. Allied to rodere, to
gnaw.—✔RAD,
to scratch; cf. Skt. rad, to split, divide. Fick, i.
739. Der. ras-ure, from F. rasure, 'a razing out,'
Cot.; ab-rade;
e-rase, q.v., e-ras-ure;
ras-or-i-al, q.v.; raz-or,
q.v.; rail (2), q.v.; rascal, q.v., rash (2),
q.v. And see rodent, rat. Doublet, raze.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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