Where does “roust” come from?
Roust comes from English rouse, which derives from Middle French carousser, ultimately from Latin rursus meaning "again" and vertere meaning "to turn."
roust (English): to rout out of bed; to rouse; To harass, to treat...
Definitions
- to rout out of bed; to rouse; To harass, to treat...
Ancestry of “roust”, step by step
roust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rouse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rouse | An arousal; The sounding of a bugle in the... |
| 2 | Middle English | rousen | to shake one's feathers |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | reuser | — |
| 4 | Latin | recuso | I refuse, decline; I object to, reject; I... |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |