Where does “ruminant” come from?
Ruminant comes from Latin ruminans, derived from Latin ruminor meaning to chew over again, from Latin rumen meaning throat or gullet, traced to Proto-Indo-European sréwmn̥ and the root srew-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ser-.
ruminant (English): Chewing cud; Pondering; ruminative; An...
Definitions
- Chewing cud; Pondering; ruminative; An...
Ancestry of “ruminant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | rūmināns | — |
| 2 | Latin | ruminor | I chew the cud; I ruminate |
| 3 | Latin | rumen | throat, gullet |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sréwmn̥ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
Words derived from “ruminant”