- rake (n.1)
- "toothed tool," Old English raca "rake," earlier ræce, from Proto-Germanic *rak- "gather, heap up" (cf. Old Norse reka "spade, shovel," Old High German rehho, German Rechen "rake," Gothic rikan "to heap up, collect").
- rake (v.)
- mid-13c., "clear (rubbish, grass, etc.) by raking; gather (grain) by raking," from rake (n.1). Of gunfire from 1630s. Related: Raked; raking.
- rake (n.2)
- "debauchee," 1650s, shortening of rakehell.