Where does “rude” come from?

rude (Danish) comes from Old Norse rúta, from Middle Low German rūde, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή — rue.

rude (Danish): pane; window; square

Definitions

  1. pane; window; square

Ancestry of “rude”, step by step

rude traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse rúta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúta—
2Middle Low Germanrūde—
3Latinrūtarue bitter herb
4Ancient Greekῥυτήrue

via Middle Low German rūte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanrūte—
2Old High Germanrūta—

Words derived from “rude”

Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Middle Low German rūde →