Rape Definition
Origin of Rape
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Probably from Latin rapere (verb), Anglo-Norman rap, rape (noun) (from Latin rapere). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off"), Norwegian rapa (“to rip off"), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize"), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect"); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Compare also rap (“seize, snatch").
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English rapen, from Old Norse hrapa (“to fall, rush headlong, hurry, hasten"), from Proto-Germanic *hrapanÄ… (“to fall down"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to move, swing, jump"). Cognate with Norwegian rapa (“to slip, fall"), Danish rappe (“to make haste"), German rappeln (“to hasten, hurry").
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English rape, from Old French rape (“grape stalk, rasper"), from raper, rasper (“to rasp, scratch"), from Old Frankish *raspōn (“to scratch"), related to Old High German raspōn (“to scrape"), Old English Ä¡ehrespan (“to strip, spoil").
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Middle English from rapen to rape from Old French raper to abduct from Latin rapere to seize rep- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French râpe grape stalk from Old French from rasper to scrape rasp
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French from Latin rāpa pl. of rāpum turnip
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Probably alternative form of rope (as originally used to mark out boundaries).
From Wiktionary
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From Latin rapa, from rapum (“turnip").
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