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Race

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means a competition to see who or what is fastest
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Stage 1 of 2
ras
Old Norse · medieval
"a rushing, a running"
a rush, a running, describing swift movement
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Stage 2 of 2
race
English · 1300s
"a competition of speed"
settled as the English word for a contest of speed
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