Etymology

raff

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Today it means: A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity Full definition →

Middle English raf ← Old French raffer ← Germanic
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The story

  1. Germanic · derived from
  2. Old French · derived fromraffer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromraf
  4. English todayraff

From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchraffer all →

raffish

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.