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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ratis.

raft

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. raft

    declension-3 · feminine · literally

  2. pontoon bridge

    declension-3 · feminine

  3. boat, ship, vessel

    declension-3 · feminine · poetic
Where this word comes from

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Lithuanian reklės (“scaffolding”), Old Church Slavonic ратиште (ratište, “staff, spear”), Latin rētae (“trees standing on the bank of a stream”). Also possibly connected to the Germanic roots of rood and rod. According to De Vaan, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).

adj

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of ratus

    ablative · dative · feminine · form-of · masculine · neuter · plural
Where this word comes from

From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Lithuanian reklės (“scaffolding”), Old Church Slavonic ратиште (ratište, “staff, spear”), Latin rētae (“trees standing on the bank of a stream”). Also possibly connected to the Germanic roots of rood and rod. According to De Vaan, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).

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