Where does “ruiter” come from?
ruiter (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch ruter, from Old French routier, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
ruiter (Dutch): A rider, horseman; An armed horseman, a cavalry...
Definitions
- A rider, horseman; An armed horseman, a cavalry...
Ancestry of “ruiter”, step by step
ruiter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch ruter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | ruter | robber, looter; freebooter |
| 2 | Old French | routier | robber |
| 3 | Old French | route | route |
| 4 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 5 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 6 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |