Английский Этимологический словарь - rape (v.)

- c.1387, "seize prey, take by force," from Anglo-Fr. raper, O.Fr. raper "to seize, abduct," a legal term, from L. rapere "seize, carry off by force, abduct" (used for "sexual violation," but only very rarely; the usual L. word being stuprum, lit. "disgrace"). Sense of "sexual assault of a woman" first recorded in Eng. 1481. The verb in this sense is from 1577. Rapist is from 1883.