rasant.
having a flat trajectory
Meaning & usage
having a flat trajectory
rapid, turbulent, tempestuous (at great and possibly uncontrolled speed)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *razdō Latin rādō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin rās- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *rāsāre Old French raser French raser French rasantbor. German raseninflu. German rasant 18th century, borrowed from French rasant in the military sense. The sense “rapid” through influence by unrelated German rasen (“to rush”).
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