verb/ɡʁa.te/
to scrub; to scrape; to scratch; to itch; to play the guitar
“Ça gratte.” — It itches.
Inherited from Middle French gratter, from Old French gratter, grater, borrowed from Frankish *kratton, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, see also Albanian gërresë (“rasp, scraper”), German kratzen (“to scratch”), Swedish kratta (“to rake”).