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Where does “rudesby” come from?

rudesby (English) comes from English rude, from Middle English rude, from Old French rude, from Latin rudis, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.

rudesby (English): A rude person

Definitions

  1. A rude person

Ancestry of “rudesby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrudeBad-mannered; Somewhat obscene, pornographic,...
2Middle Englishrude—
3Old Frenchrude—
4Latinrudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled,...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire
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