rathe

Meanings

Adjective

• Ripening or blooming early.

Adverb

• Quickly.
• Early in the morning.

Origin

• From Middle English rathe, from Old English hræþ, hræd, from Proto-Germanic *hraþaz, *hradaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kret- ("quick; to move quickly"). Cognate with Dutch rad ("quick, swift"), German gerade ("straight, direct"), Norwegian rad ("quick, direct"), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐍃 ("easy").
• From Middle English, from Old English hraþe ("quickly"), from Proto-Germanic *hraþô ("quickly, rapidly"), from *hraþaz. See above.