raptus.
violent snatching or dragging away; robbery, carrying off, abduction;
Meaning & usage
seized; snatched
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥h₁pyéti Proto-Italic *rapjō Latin rapiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin raptus From rapiō (“to seize; to snatch”) + -tus (forming the perfect passive participle).
seizure an involuntary loss of control violent jerk of a tool (seizing it out of the hands)
seizure an involuntary loss of control spasm
seizure an involuntary loss of control seizure; fit; convulsion
seizure the act of taking by force robbery
seizure the act of taking by force plunder
seizure the act of taking by force abduction
seizure the act of taking by force rape
seizure rapture (seizing the imagination)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥h₁pyéti Proto-Italic *rapjō Latin rapiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin raptus From rapiō (“to seize; to snatch”) + -tus (forming action nouns).
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