Etymology

rapture

rap·ture
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Today it means: Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement. Full definition →

Middle French rapture ← Latin raptūra
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  1. Latin · derived fromraptūra
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromrapture
  3. English todayrapture

Borrowed from Middle French rapture, from Latin raptūra, future active participle of rapiō (“snatch, carry off”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.