Where does “rouse” come from?
Rouse comes from Middle French rousser, from Latin rursus meaning "again," derived from re- "back" and vertere "to turn," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
rouse (English): An arousal; The sounding of a bugle in the...
Definitions
- An arousal; The sounding of a bugle in the...
Ancestry of “rouse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | rousen | to shake one's feathers |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | reuser | — |
| 3 | Latin | recuso | I refuse, decline; I object to, reject; I... |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |