Etymology

rapine

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Today it means: The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder. Full definition →

Middle English rapyne ← Old French rapine ← Latin rapīna
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrapīna
  2. Old French · derived fromrapine
  3. Middle English · inherited fromrapyne
  4. English todayrapine

From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of ravine.

Words from the same roots

Latinrapīna all →

ravineravin

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