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rápido (Adjective) "quick" A 17th cent. learned borrowing from Latin rapidus "quick," but literally "seized," an adjective from rapere "to snatch" (see raptar), which replaced the Old Spanish adverb aína. Indo-European Romance Asturian rápidu, Portuguese rápido, French rapide, Italian rapido, Romanian rapid Corominas (1991) notes that rápido cannot have been borrowed earlier than the 17th cent., as the Spanish-Italian dictionary Vocabulario de las dos lenguas Italiano y Castellano by Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 1570) translates the Italian rapido as "arrebatado, ligero" and not as "rápido." Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
raptar (Verb) "to kidnap" Early 20th cent. borrowing from Latin raptare "to kidnap," a verb formed from raptus "seized," the passive participle of rapere "to snatch," "to kidnap." From Proto-Italic *rap-i- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *h₁rp-i̯- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese raptar Albanian Albanian rjep "to tear off" Balto-Slavic Lithuanian ap-rė́pti "to take" Hellenic Ancient Greek ἐρέπτομαι (eréptomai) "to devour" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
raro, ralo (Adjective) "strange;" "rare" 14th cent. Old Spanish ralo; very late 15th cent. raro. The intervocalic dental was uncertain, curiously leading to two native reflexes of the same Latin word. Raro and ralo were free variants until Modern Spanish and never distinctly separate. From Latin rarus "scattered," "rare," "thin." Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Asturian ralu, raru, Portuguese ralo, raro, Galician raro, Catalan rar, French rare, Italian raro, Aromanian rar, Romanian rar, Sardinian raru Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
rastrillo m. (Noun) "rake;" "comb" Very late 15th cent. Old Spanish rastrillo, rastillo. From Latin rastellus 'id.,' dimunitive of rastrum "rake" (see rastro). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
rastro m. (Noun) "rake;" "sign;" "market;" "trail" 11th cent. From Latin rastrum "rake." From radere "to scrape (see raer) and instrumental noun-forming suffix -trum (see -tro). The meaning of "market" comes from the name of el Rastro, a market located in Madrid. The origin of its name is uncertain, although the traditional theory is that it was so-called because of a rastro ("trail") of blood flowing from recently-slaughtered cattle who were brought to market. Indo-European Romance Portuguese rastro, Galician rastro, Catalan rastre, Italian rastro, Romanian rastru "Díxose Rastro porque los llevaban arrastrando, desde el corral a los palos donde los degüellan, y por el rastro que dexan se le dio este nombre al lugar." ~ Covarrubias, El tesoro de la lengua castellana o española (1611) Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
rata (1) f. (Noun) "rat" 13th cent. From Vulgar Latin *ratta 'id.' Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic or Proto-Germanic *ratta- 'id.' According to Kroonen (2011), a pre-form *Hrót-ēn- is reconstructible, but ultimately of unknown origin. Indo-European Germanic Old High German ratto "rat," Old Saxon ratta 'id.,' English rat Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Kroonen, G. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
rata (2) f. (Noun) "proportional part" 13th cent. From Latin rata, feminine of ratus "established." From Proto-Italic *rato- "thought." From Proto-Indo-European *Hr̥h₁-to- "counted." Indo-European Germanic Gothic raþjo "number," Old High German redea "account," Old Saxon rethia 'id.' Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
rato (1) m. (Noun) "brief time;" "moment" 13th cent. From Latin raptus "carried (away)." From rapere "to seize" (see raptar). Indo-European Romance French rapt Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
rato (2) (Adjective) "confirmed" From Latin ratus "established." From Proto-Italic *rato- "thought." From Proto-Indo-European *Hr̥h₁-to- "counted." Indo-European Germanic Gothic raþjo "number," Old High German redea "account," Old Saxon rethia 'id.' de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
rayo m. (Noun) "ray" 13th cent. From Latin radius 'id.' Of unknown origin. Indo-European Romance Portuguese raio, Catalan raig, French rai, Italian raggio, Aromanian radzã, Romanian rază, Sardinian ragiu Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.