- rasp (v.)
- c.1300, "to scrape," from Middle Dutch raspen, Old French rasper "to grate, rasp," from a West Germanic source (cf. Old English gehrespan) akin to the root of raffle (q.v.). Vocalic sense is from 1843. Related: Rasped; rasping.
- rasp (n.)
- "coarse file," 1540s, from Middle French raspe, from Old French rasper "to rasp" (see rasp (v.)).