verb/ʁa.pe/
to grate (e.g. cheese); to shave (e.g. wood)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb /*(s)krebʰ- Proto-Germanic *hrepsaną /*hrepspaną Proto-Germanic *hrespaną Proto-Germanic *hraspōną Frankish *hraspōnbor. Vulgar Latin *raspāre Old French rasper Middle French rasper Middle French râper French râper Inherited from Middle French râper < rasper, from Old French rasper, from Vulgar Latin *raspāre (“to scrape; rake”), from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hrespaną