Where does “kangaroo route” come from?
kangaroo route (English) comes from English route, from Middle English route, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
kangaroo route (English): An air route between the United Kingdom and...
Definitions
- An air route between the United Kingdom and...
Ancestry of “kangaroo route”, step by step
kangaroo route traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English route
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | route | A course or way which is traveled or passed; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 3 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 4 | Old French | route | route |
| 5 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 6 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 7 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |