Etymology

raspy

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Today it means: Rough, raw. Full definition →

English rasp ← Middle English raspen ← Old French rasper
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreb /*(s)krebʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*hrepsaną /*hrepspaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*hrespaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*hraspōną
  6. Frankish*hraspōn
  7. Vulgar Latin*raspāre
  8. Old Frenchrasper
  9. Middle Englishraspen
  10. Englishrasp
  11. English todayraspy

From rasp + -y.

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