Where does “bruit” come from?

Bruit comes from Old French bruit, derived from Old French bruire, from Latin rugitus (a roaring sound), the past participle of Latin rugire (to roar), from Latin rugio (to roar).

bruit (English): Hearsay, rumour; talk; an instance of this; A...

Definitions

  1. Hearsay, rumour; talk; an instance of this; A...

Ancestry of “bruit”, step by step

bruit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French bruit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbruita noise; a rumor or report
2Old Frenchbruitnoise; sounds
3Latinrugītusbraying (of a donkey)
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Middle English bruit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbruitcommotion, tumult; fame, renown; collective noun...
2Anglo-Normanbrutcommotion, tumult; noise, sounds; fame, renown;...

Words derived from “bruit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin rugītus →