late Middle English (originally denoting violent seizure of property, later carrying off a woman by force): from Anglo-Norman French rap (noun), raper (verb), from Latin rapere 'seize'late Middle English (originally denoting the turnip plant): from Latin rapum, rapa 'turnip'Old English, variant of rope, with reference to the fencing-off of landearly 17th cent. (as rape wine): from French rape, medieval Latin raspa 'bunch of grapes'
