Where does “routously” come from?
routously (English) comes from English routous, from English rout, from Middle English rout, from Middle English routen, from Middle English route, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
routously (English): With that violation of law called a rout
Definitions
- With that violation of law called a rout
Ancestry of “routously”, step by step
routously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English routous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | routous | With that violation of law called a rout |
| 2 | English | rout | A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in... |
| 3 | Middle English | rout | — |
| 4 | Middle English | routen | To make a loud noise; To sleep; To rush forward;... |
| 5 | Middle English | route | route; "a group of people"; the proper condition... |
| 6 | Middle French | route | road; military defeat; retreat |
| 7 | Old French | route | route |
| 8 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 9 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 10 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |