Etymology

rapter

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Middle English raptour ← Latin raptor
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rapter · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromraptor“kidnapper, thief”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromraptour
  3. English todayrapter

From Middle English raptour, from Latin raptor (“kidnapper, thief”).

rapter · adjective2

From rapt + -er.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishraptour all →

raptor

Latinraptor all →

raptor

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.