Where does “irrugate” come from?
irrugate (English) comes from Latin irrugatus, from Latin irrugō, from Latin rūga, from Proto-Indo-European krewp-, from Proto-Indo-European krew- — to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise.
irrugate (English): To wrinkle
Ancestry of “irrugate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | irrugatus | — |
| 2 | Latin | irrugō | — |
| 3 | Latin | rūga | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | krewp- | scab, crust; to become encrusted |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krew- | to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise |