The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥᾰφή“seam; suture”
- New Latin · borrowed fromraphē
- English todayraphe
Borrowed from New Latin raphē, from Ancient Greek ῥᾰφή (rhăphḗ, “seam; suture”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
raphe
Today it means: A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo. Full definition →
New Latin raphē ← Ancient Greek ῥᾰφή