Where does “rout” come from?
rout (English) comes from Middle English rout, from Middle English routen, from Middle English route, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
rout (English): A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in...
Definitions
- A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in...
Ancestry of “rout”, step by step
rout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English rout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | rout | — |
| 2 | Middle English | routen | To make a loud noise; To sleep; To rush forward;... |
| 3 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 4 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 5 | Old French | route | route |
| 6 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 7 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 8 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |