The story
- Arabic · derived fromرَاحَة“palm of the hand”
- Late Latin · derived fromracheta
- Middle French · derived fromrachette
- English todayrascette
From Middle French rachette, rascette, from Late Latin racheta, rasceta (“wrist, ankle”), diminutive of rasca, from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.